Another option would be to place the entire description in a div and then truncate it via css.
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_text-overflow.asp On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:31 AM, Mark Spence <markpence...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a long product description I am trying to truncate. I could just > truncate it, but I don't want to break off sentences. Here is the solution > I came up with but it does not seem to have any effect. > > Any ideas? > > <cfset variables.description = qry_productsGet.productdescription> > <cfif len(variables.description) gt 200> > <cfloop condition="i eq false"> > <cfset variables.description = > listDeleteAt(variables.description,listLen(variables.description, "."), > ".")> > <cfif len(variables.description) lte 200> > <cfset i = true> > </cfif> > </cfloop> > </cfif> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360231 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
