That is exactly what I'm looking for. Baz wrote: > I have a UDF that removes any chars besides letters, numbers, underscore and > any additional good chars you specify to keep. > > USAGE > AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName); // returns all letters, numbers and underscore > AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName,'@()'); // returns the same plus these chars:@() > > Is that something u are looking for? > > Baz > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 5, 2006 11:34 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF > > Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, > by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an > issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot > #31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. > Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to > fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to > do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how > to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. > > Thanks > > Ray > > Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > >>I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just > > for > >>display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then >>rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the >>database, a category, etc... >> >>So a link to a file might look like... >> >><a href="0001.pdf">Old File Name.pdf</a> >> >>Just an idea... >> >>..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. >>Bobby Hartsfield >>http://acoderslife.com >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: 'safe' filename UDF >> >>Anyone have a good UDF to replace "bad" characters in a filename with >>"safe" ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, >>periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. >> > > > > > >
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