> I have a text area that submits to a message board and sends out an
> email to subscribers. When a user enters a # in the body of the message
> it causes an error.
>
> How do you escape # signs?
>
> Here is the code that I tried:
> <CFSET BODY= Replace(#Body#,"#","##","ALL")>
>
> Here is the error that I get:
> Error Occurred While Processing Request
>
> Error Diagnostic Information
>
> Just in time compilation error
>
> Invalid parser construct found on line 99 at position 35. ColdFusion
> was looking at the following text:
>
> "
>
> Invalid expression format. The usual cause is an error in the
> expression structure.
>
> Does anyone know how to get around this?
You have to escape the #s within the replace
<CFSET BODY= Replace(Body,"##","####","ALL")>
And will people PLEASE read Ben's "To # or not to #"
Philip Arnold
Director
Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133
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