Just jumping in briefly to explain what I did to get around " and ' in our apps. Going into the database would be fine (using perserveSingleQuotes() and whatever 'escape' character we could use that the database recognizes), it's pulling out and displaying again that became a problem.
So, when we're displaying to the end user... " & ' became ", etc so that it wouldn't break the form fields, etc. Going back into the database via 'save changes' button, the " apparently becomes a " again going back in... thus, we were able to maintain the 'original' user-submitted value. One thing I hate about certain forum software (and, I won't say which) is that what you submitted isn't what's always returned to the user when they want to edit. I griped about it, but was told that it's faster to do the 'translation' of things before shoving it into the db. They failed to recognize something -- I don't care what it's translation is, I care about data integrity and making sure that if that's what I put in, that's what I get out when I go to edit that data blob. To this day, it's still an issue and I just quit pestering the forum maker as it's their product vs. my opinion. :P I think if you use HTMLEditFormat(), you're putting yourself into a new world of problems. Especially if the < > characters translate to something else. Not to mention, great... now you gotta worry about storage issue (especially if you're using a varchar field and not a blob-type field). ~Todd On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Adrian Lynch wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian Lynch > Sent: 13 June 2002 17:33 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: RE: Quotation Hell > > > Thats ok, you can be a jackarse all you want. I hadn't used htmlEditFormat() > before, if I had, I might have suggested it. It was a case of I've got a way > around it, see if it works for you. > > One thing you might notice with htmlEditFormat(), is that you still have the > problem of extra characters, " still becomes ", and if that's what you > put in you DB and you then use Left(), you have a problem if it chops it, > and you still need to make sure your DB is not going to be expecting more > than it gets. > > Now if I'm wrong about this someone please tell me, or is this hackneyed > too? > > Ade > > -- ============================================================ Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | ============================================================ ______________________________________________________________________ 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
