Thanks! Works like a charm!
Richard
On Nov 7, 9:39 am, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The HTML is probably being escaped in the view when it is displayed. Try
> putting the content inside XML() when you display it. If you want the
> content to display properly in a SQLTABLE, you should be able to use XML()
> in the field's "represent" attribute:
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> db.define_table('your_table',
> Field('html_content', represent=lambda v, r: XML(v)))
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> Note, if this is user-entered HTML, you probably want to use XML(...,
> sanitize=True) to protect against XSS
> attacks. Seehttp://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/05#XML.
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> Anthony
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> On Monday, November 7, 2011 8:04:58 AM UTC-5, horridohobbyist wrote:
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> > Is there a way to insert HTML into a database text field so that when
> > the text is displayed (say, in a SQLTABLE), the browser renders the
> > HTML? For example, I insert:
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> > <a href="http://psychovisual.com";>Psychovisual.com</a>
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> > into a database text field, but it's not rendered.
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> > Thanks,
> > Richard
