I would recommend REReplace instead, so that you can replace both left and right angle brackets in one shot since you're dealing with a large file.
REReplace(string,"(<|>)","","ALL") If you're worried about the speed, you can always drop down to straight Java: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=coldfusion+java+bufferedreader -- Ryan Emerle ------------------------------------ Query2Excel - Write Excel files from ColdFusion http://www.emerle.net/programming/display.cfm/t/cfx_query2excel ------------------------------------ Excel2Query - Read Excel files from ColdFusion http://www.emerle.net/programming/display.cfm/t/cfx_excel2query > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Colman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:59 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Two questions > > 1) if I want to do a replace where the character to be replaced is a forward > or backward angle bracket "<" or ">" then I assume that this will not work: > > <cfset name = replace(#string1#, "<","", "ALL")> > > How do I "escape" the bracket character to make it work? > > 2) this is from the CFFILE doc for action="read": > > It is not intended for use with large files, such as logs, because this can > bring down the server. > > Will a 500K text file "bring down the server?" > > TNX for any thoughts. > > Rick Colman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
