first of all you should close the image tag secondly you need to properly write your image tag
bad = <cfset imgVar = "<img src=/images/myimage.jpg>"> better (yet still ugly)= <cfset imgVar = "<img src="/images/myimage.jpg" />"> > CF8, > outside query out: <img src='/images/myimage.jpg'> <br> -- displayed > <cfset imgVar = "<img src=/images/myimage.jpg>"> > output var value of image: <cfoutput>#imgVar#</cfoutput> -- displayed > > db column named myData of varchar|nvarchar (5000), one row's data > stream reads > "bla ksk kak alkd sk skd <img src=/images/myimage.jpg> sjd ksd fksdf" > query the above table and column (resultsets could be numerous rows) > <cfoutput query="getData"> ...., > #myData# -- the image is not rendered, why not? > </cfoutput> > > I even tried HTMLCodeFormat to see what's there, here's its output > show: <img src=/images/myimage.jpg><BR> > > Hmm, what could prevent the image reference from within a text string > being rendered by browser? > > Thanks. > Looks like simple but I'm stumbled by it. Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
