& not allowed in db by definition?

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1999

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 25546
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texte = Hi folks,a very nice and helpful tech man at SM is trying to help me figure out why a simpletemplate that displays all the products in our product db (for the admin person to view)is crashing our Linux webcat every time the template is hit. (Note the *exact* sametemplate and db works fine on mac and NT.) My question is in regard to something he toldme... he said there should not be any amperasands in the db or else crashes could beexpected. This seems like it can't be right. We took out the amperasands and webcat isstill crashing on that template, so something else is the immediate problem, but I justwant to doublecheck the point with you all - are you who are using webcat on Linuxavoiding appending amperasands into your db at all costs? I thought it was alright solong as one [URL]izes the spot in the append context where the data gets into the db, anduses [convertchars] to display in the HTML, and [input] to get it into the value of someform input. If you say yes, he is right, then how do I for example allow someone to input data sothat it can later be found with a [search] and dislayed to produce a quote mark forexample ("), etc.?-John-------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to  Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Hi folks,a very nice and helpful tech man at SM is trying to help me figure out why a simpletemplate that displays all the products in our product db (for the admin person to view)is crashing our Linux webcat every time the template is hit. (Note the *exact* sametemplate and db works fine on mac and NT.) My question is in regard to something he toldme... he said there should not be any amperasands in the db or else crashes could beexpected. This seems like it can't be right. We took out the amperasands and webcat isstill crashing on that template, so something else is the immediate problem, but I justwant to doublecheck the point with you all - are you who are using webcat on Linuxavoiding appending amperasands into your db at all costs? I thought it was alright solong as one [url]izes the spot in the append context where the data gets into the db, anduses [convertchars] to display in the HTML, and [input] to get it into the value of someform input. If you say yes, he is right, then how do I for example allow someone to input data sothat it can later be found with a [search] and dislayed to produce a quote mark forexample ("), etc.?-John-------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to  John Butler

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