Re: [WebDNA] HTML Symbol Entities

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2009

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 102190
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texte = DanMany greater experts here than me, but my first reaction is that if you are [url]ing the data as it gets into your db's, then that is done. But I am guessing that your problem lays in how you use the data later after you grab it back out and use it somewhere.. Like within a webdna context. Find the exact spot where something just broke for you due to an "&" char, and notice if it is a slot held by a var whose value you populate with the data you pull out of a db. You need to wrap that spot with [url] just like when you stored the data in the first place. I can be more specific if you show an exact example of something that just broke.-GOn Mar 17, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Dan Strong wrote:> [rant]>> Probably a dumb question with a ridiculously easy answer as usual, > but bear with me...>> So over the years, I keep getting bit by these entities (‚ > etc.) within .db's/fields, etc. Despite strategic [URL]ery and > [convertchars] and [grep] and such, every now and again something > slips through and the ampersand ends up busting my code.>> An obvious solution to help with this is a [convertchars] .db, which > I have done years ago . Apparently, I must be missing some entities > despite using what I though were complete lists, otherwise I would > not have this problem anymore.>> So it happened again today on code that has worked for years now I'm > thoroughly sick of it and want to solve it once and for all. My > hasty solution? A [convertchars] with 10000 records to catch every > conceivable stinkin' symbol.>> [writefile=symbolConvert.db][!]> [/!]FROMTO[!]> [/!][loop start=1&end=10000]&#[index];[/loop] > [!]> [/!][/writefile]>> My problem? What entities are symbols? Which are blank? and which > are normal characters (which I obviously want to keep)?>> http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_symbols.asp>> shows that references start as low as 30-ish and go as high as 9800- > ish (hence loop 1-10000), but this is just crazy...>> [loop start=1&end=10000]> [index]&#[index];
> [/loop]>> shows everything warts and all. Most symbols are blank.>> Ok so if I go the [convertchars] route, is it possible that > w3schools hasn't listed every-single entity, and ultimately, there > has got to be a better way to handle this.>> Sorry for the rant, but I'm pissed off and have a ton of other > things I need to be doing rather than debugging frickin' ampersand > issues.>> How are you all handling this issue?>> Thanks,> -Dan>> [/rant]>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] HTML Symbol Entities (Terry Wilson 2009)
Re: [WebDNA] HTML Symbol Entities ("Dan Strong" 2009)
Re: [WebDNA] HTML Symbol Entities (Toby Cox 2009)
Re: [WebDNA] HTML Symbol Entities (Govinda 2009)
[WebDNA] HTML Symbol Entities ("Dan Strong" 2009)

DanMany greater experts here than me, but my first reaction is that if you are [url]ing the data as it gets into your db's, then that is done. But I am guessing that your problem lays in how you use the data later after you grab it back out and use it somewhere.. Like within a webdna context. Find the exact spot where something just broke for you due to an "&" char, and notice if it is a slot held by a var whose value you populate with the data you pull out of a db. You need to wrap that spot with [url] just like when you stored the data in the first place. I can be more specific if you show an exact example of something that just broke.-GOn Mar 17, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Dan Strong wrote:> [rant]>> Probably a dumb question with a ridiculously easy answer as usual, > but bear with me...>> So over the years, I keep getting bit by these entities (‚ > etc.) within .db's/fields, etc. Despite strategic [url]ery and > [convertchars] and [grep] and such, every now and again something > slips through and the ampersand ends up busting my code.>> An obvious solution to help with this is a [convertchars] .db, which > I have done years ago . Apparently, I must be missing some entities > despite using what I though were complete lists, otherwise I would > not have this problem anymore.>> So it happened again today on code that has worked for years now I'm > thoroughly sick of it and want to solve it once and for all. My > hasty solution? A [convertchars] with 10000 records to catch every > conceivable stinkin' symbol.>> [writefile=symbolConvert.db][!]> [/!]FROMTO[!]> [/!][loop start=1&end=10000]&#[index];[/loop] > [!]> [/!][/writefile]>> My problem? What entities are symbols? Which are blank? and which > are normal characters (which I obviously want to keep)?>> http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_symbols.asp>> shows that references start as low as 30-ish and go as high as 9800- > ish (hence loop 1-10000), but this is just crazy...>> [loop start=1&end=10000]> [index]&#[index];
> [/loop]>> shows everything warts and all. Most symbols are blank.>> Ok so if I go the [convertchars] route, is it possible that > w3schools hasn't listed every-single entity, and ultimately, there > has got to be a better way to handle this.>> Sorry for the rant, but I'm pissed off and have a ton of other > things I need to be doing rather than debugging frickin' ampersand > issues.>> How are you all handling this issue?>> Thanks,> -Dan>> [/rant]>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Govinda

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