[countChars] from <textarea>

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1998

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 17554
interpreted = N
texte = Greetings~I can't seem to get my mind to work and wondered if someone had asuggestion. I want to be able to limit the amount of text posted to a dbbut entered into a window, similar to the way you can specifymaxlength=n of a <input name=foo value=footoo> field in regularHTML.My feeble attempts roughly as:[countChars]<textarea WRAP=HARD name=Posting rows=10cols=50>[/countChars]are net getting me very far.When I use the check:[showif [countChars]<100][/showif]the field info still gets added to the db. I'm not counting anything, Iguess(?)--.Dave.webmastermetropolitan community collegeskansas city, missouri, 64111http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.usmailto:herriman@kcmetro.cc.mo.us Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

[countChars] from (Dave Herriman <herriman@kcmetro.cc.mo.us> 1998)</li> <li><a href="page.dna?numero=17553">RE: [countChars] from <textarea></a> (Olin <olin@worldpoint.com> 1998)</li> </ol> </td></tr></table> Greetings~I can't seem to get my mind to work and wondered if someone had asuggestion. I want to be able to limit the amount of text posted to a dbbut entered into a <textarea> window, similar to the way you can specifymaxlength=n of a <input name=foo value=footoo> field in regularHTML.My feeble attempts roughly as:<a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=218">[countchars]</a><textarea WRAP=HARD name=Posting rows=10cols=50>[/countChars]are net getting me very far.When I use the check:[showif [countchars]<100][/showif]the field info still gets added to the db. I'm not counting anything, Iguess(?)--.Dave.webmastermetropolitan community collegeskansas city, missouri, 64111http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.usmailto:herriman@kcmetro.cc.mo.us Dave Herriman DOWNLOAD WEBDNA NOW! Top Articles: Talk List The WebDNA community talk-list is the best place to get some help: several hundred extremely proficient programmers with an excellent knowledge of WebDNA and an excellent spirit will deliver all the tips and tricks you can imagine... Related Readings: WebCat2 beta 11 - new prefs ... (1997) FlushDatabase Suggestion (1998) New Plug-in and Type 11 errors (1997) Share Bulletin Board? (1998) Credit Card not accepted (1998) More to Expire (1998) pictures / referrer etc. (1998) [subtotal] and others (1997) Trouble with formula.db (1997) WebCommerce: Folder organization ? (1997) WebCat editing, SiteGuard WAS:SiteAssociative lookup style? (1997) Losing Variable Values/Data (2001) how do ye do this?????? (2001) Generating unique SKU from [cart] - Still Stumped... (1997) security problem (1997) Snippet to calculate local time (2003) Rhapsody? (1997) Using Plug-In while running 1.6.1 (1997) Alternating BGColors in Table Rows (1998) RE: storefront (1998)