This is off the top of my head and there may be a more elegant solution to this but you can do something like this
<CFSET thisVar = "<b>myworldisking</b>everythingelse"> <CFSET keyVal = "<b>myworldisking</b>"> <CFSET newVar = #left(thisVar,len(keyVal))#&"<i>"&#mid(thisVar,len(keyVal)+1,len(thisVar)-len(keyVal))#&"</i>"> Now I understand that you have to do this on the fly and would not have all the cfsets etc, but I think you can incorporate this logic into a UDF or custom tag where you parse the entire text and supply one word at a time to the tag or UDF, or you can do it in one go with the REPLACE function incorporating all the logical steps into one big attribute, not a very elegant solution though. One other thing, why don't you write the corrected thing to the DB? This would seem alot more efficient than having to parse the text each time it is retrieved and displayed, that way you only have to do the changes when the values in the DB is changed. HTH Donnie Bachan Phone: (718) 217-2883 ICQ#: 28006783 "Nitendo Vinces - By Striving You Shall Conquer" ====================================================================== The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
