>> Why is CFOUTPUT converting the value " to " on its own?
It's not. " is the HTML command to display a quotation. When " it is outputted to the browser the browser will display the quotation mark not the literal command. The HTMLeditFormat() command prevents the rendering of a Quotation mark. Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A website Design and Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028, Wolcott, CT 06716 - T:203-879-2844 W: http://www.uxbinternet.com W: http://www.ctbusinesslist.com -----Original Message----- From: Robert Harrison [mailto:rob...@austin-williams.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:45 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Short Question? CFOUTPUT converting " to " So, I found a work around, but does anyone know why these would give me different values? <cfdump var="#form.text#"> ... the value is "mystring" <cfoutput>#form.text#</cfoutput> ... the value is "mystring" Why is CFOUTPUT converting the value " to " on its own? Robert Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin & Williams Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355637 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
