Re: 'safe' filename UDF
That is exactly what I'm looking for. Baz wrote: I have a UDF that removes any chars besides letters, numbers, underscore and any additional good chars you specify to keep. USAGE AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName); // returns all letters, numbers and underscore AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName,'@()'); // returns the same plus these chars:@() Is that something u are looking for? Baz -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 5, 2006 11:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot #31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. Thanks Ray Bobby Hartsfield wrote: I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just for display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the database, a category, etc... So a link to a file might look like... a href=0001.pdfOld File Name.pdf/a Just an idea... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: 'safe' filename UDF Anyone have a good UDF to replace bad characters in a filename with safe ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228624 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: 'safe' filename UDF
Well here she be: http://thinkloop.com/filez/almostalphanumeric.zip Cheers, Baz -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:09 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF That is exactly what I'm looking for. Baz wrote: I have a UDF that removes any chars besides letters, numbers, underscore and any additional good chars you specify to keep. USAGE AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName); // returns all letters, numbers and underscore AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName,'@()'); // returns the same plus these chars:@() Is that something u are looking for? Baz -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 5, 2006 11:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot #31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. Thanks Ray Bobby Hartsfield wrote: I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just for display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the database, a category, etc... So a link to a file might look like... a href=0001.pdfOld File Name.pdf/a Just an idea... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: 'safe' filename UDF Anyone have a good UDF to replace bad characters in a filename with safe ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228650 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: 'safe' filename UDF
Thanks, baz. You rok. Baz wrote: Well here she be: http://thinkloop.com/filez/almostalphanumeric.zip Cheers, Baz -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:09 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF That is exactly what I'm looking for. Baz wrote: I have a UDF that removes any chars besides letters, numbers, underscore and any additional good chars you specify to keep. USAGE AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName); // returns all letters, numbers and underscore AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName,'@()'); // returns the same plus these chars:@() Is that something u are looking for? Baz -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 5, 2006 11:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot #31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. Thanks Ray Bobby Hartsfield wrote: I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just for display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the database, a category, etc... So a link to a file might look like... a href=0001.pdfOld File Name.pdf/a Just an idea... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: 'safe' filename UDF Anyone have a good UDF to replace bad characters in a filename with safe ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228652 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: 'safe' filename UDF
I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just for display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the database, a category, etc... So a link to a file might look like... a href=0001.pdfOld File Name.pdf/a Just an idea... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: 'safe' filename UDF Anyone have a good UDF to replace bad characters in a filename with safe ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. -- Ray ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228482 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: 'safe' filename UDF
Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot #31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. Thanks Ray Bobby Hartsfield wrote: I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just for display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the database, a category, etc... So a link to a file might look like... a href=0001.pdfOld File Name.pdf/a Just an idea... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: 'safe' filename UDF Anyone have a good UDF to replace bad characters in a filename with safe ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228490 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: 'safe' filename UDF
rereplace(myvar, [^A-Za-z0-9.], , all) That should replace everything but numbers, letters and a dot ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot #31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. Thanks Ray Bobby Hartsfield wrote: I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just for display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the database, a category, etc... So a link to a file might look like... a href=0001.pdfOld File Name.pdf/a Just an idea... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: 'safe' filename UDF Anyone have a good UDF to replace bad characters in a filename with safe ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228525 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: 'safe' filename UDF
I have a UDF that removes any chars besides letters, numbers, underscore and any additional good chars you specify to keep. USAGE AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName); // returns all letters, numbers and underscore AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName,'@()'); // returns the same plus these chars:@() Is that something u are looking for? Baz -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 5, 2006 11:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot #31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. Thanks Ray Bobby Hartsfield wrote: I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just for display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the database, a category, etc... So a link to a file might look like... a href=0001.pdfOld File Name.pdf/a Just an idea... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: 'safe' filename UDF Anyone have a good UDF to replace bad characters in a filename with safe ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228585 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
