Re: cleaning text that doesn't display well
I read a tutorial yesterday that suggested that I need to set a unicode settting in my DB server, so I was a bit discouraged as I am in a shared environment and don't have that sort of access to the server or maybe it's already setup that way. thanks for the article! I'm giving it a look. daniel kessler wrote: Can you give me just a little bit more information to go on? Am I storing it as-is in the database and wrapping some display information in some unicode something? You have to make sure the entire process is using Unicode from submitted form to the database, and from database back to CF and browser again. A good point to start reading is: http://livedocs.macromedia. com/coldfusion/6/Developing_ColdFusion_MX_Applications_with_CFML/i18n. htm Jochem ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228438 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: cleaning text that doesn't display well
Can you give me just a little bit more information to go on? Am I storing it as-is in the database and wrapping some display information in some unicode something? (did I use the word some too many times there? ;-) Just use Unicode and display what the user wants to have in the text instead of an approximation. Jochem ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228339 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: cleaning text that doesn't display well
thanks! What other chars are requested? Here's a UDF off of cflib.org that specifically cleans weird chars from WORD: http://cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=319 It removes these chars: chr(145), chr(146), chr(147), chr(148) If you expand this to clean a lot more maybe you should post it - I've seen others ask about such functionality. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228370 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: cleaning text that doesn't display well
daniel kessler wrote: Can you give me just a little bit more information to go on? Am I storing it as-is in the database and wrapping some display information in some unicode something? You have to make sure the entire process is using Unicode from submitted form to the database, and from database back to CF and browser again. A good point to start reading is: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/6/Developing_ColdFusion_MX_Applications_with_CFML/i18n.htm Jochem ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228384 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: cleaning text that doesn't display well
Hi Daniel, Here's a UDF off of cflib.org that specifically cleans weird chars from WORD: http://cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=319 It removes these chars: chr(145), chr(146), chr(147), chr(148) If you expand this to clean a lot more maybe you should post it - I've seen others ask about such functionality. Cheers, Baz -Original Message- From: Daniel Kessler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: cleaning text that doesn't display well I have a form where people enter information into a database and it's displayed on a web page. We all do, I'm sure. Often times people paste the text in from whatever source they receive it from, often MS Word docs, but really anything. Because of this, I often receive characters that don't display well and are either a box or a box with an X in it. I'd like to clean this text on the way in. I'd like some advice on how to go about this. Should not allow any ascii values above 127 or try and gather a list of bad characters and change them into known good characters (curly quotes into straight quotes for example)? I'm sure this isn't a new question, so how do you go about it? I didn't see anything in the archives but I am not a good searcher. Is there maybe a CFC that already does this (and is free!)? thanks for any assistance. _ Daniel Kessler College of Health and Human Performance University of Maryland Suite 2387 Valley Drive College Park, MD 20742-2611 Phone: 301-405-2545 http://hhp.umd.edu ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228286 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: cleaning text that doesn't display well
Daniel Kessler wrote: I have a form where people enter information into a database and it's displayed on a web page. We all do, I'm sure. Often times people paste the text in from whatever source they receive it from, often MS Word docs, but really anything. Because of this, I often receive characters that don't display well and are either a box or a box with an X in it. I'd like to clean this text on the way in. Just use Unicode and display what the user wants to have in the text instead of an approximation. Jochem ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228293 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
