Re: covertchars db to keep CR's, but not new ones
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Thanks for the reply Ken. I'm just doing a converchar's going into thedatabase and nothing coming out except [url] (I think, need to double checkthat).I'll have to find some online resource for Grep that will do asearch/replace like I want it to do.So is nobody using a blog type system where the carriage returns are kept ifa user uses them in their textarea's? If so, what did you do to keep thatformatting? Grep, convertchars?Thanks in advance,GK> >I have a simple db for a convertchars on textareas:> >> >Add.db> >> >from to> >%0D
> >> >Works on initial data entry, but each time the record is updated and> >submitted, it adds additional
tags. What would be the properdatabase> >to use for this instance?>>> Any Carriage Returns (%0D) which are typed into textarea fields are> replaced with Vertical Tabs (%0B) at the time they are stored in the> db. WebDNA does this so the db format does not get screwed up by the> addition of CR's in places where they do not belong.>> Of course, this means it has to reverse this process when the data is> retrieved ... and this means the %0B's are converted back into %0D's> on the web page. This may or may not have anything to do with the> problem you're seeing, but it's good to know the mechanics of> webdna's internal code in this situation -- so you can diagnose the> problem more effectively.>> The reason you're ending up with more
tags that you want> probably has something to do with the way you're manipulating the> data before it gets appended or replaced. It seems like your code is> attaching a new
tag to every %0D rather than replacing the %0D> with
. It could be that there's a bug in convertchars that's> causing this problem, but I would suspect something else first.> Nevertheless, you can test it easily by using a grep search/replace> instead of convertchars. Maybe grep will work properly ...>>> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Thanks for the reply Ken. I'm just doing a converchar's going into thedatabase and nothing coming out except [url] (I think, need to double checkthat).I'll have to find some online resource for Grep that will do asearch/replace like I want it to do.So is nobody using a blog type system where the carriage returns are kept ifa user uses them in their textarea's? If so, what did you do to keep thatformatting? Grep, convertchars?Thanks in advance,GK> >I have a simple db for a convertchars on textareas:> >> >Add.db> >> >from to> >%0D
> >> >Works on initial data entry, but each time the record is updated and> >submitted, it adds additional
tags. What would be the properdatabase> >to use for this instance?>>> Any Carriage Returns (%0D) which are typed into textarea fields are> replaced with Vertical Tabs (%0B) at the time they are stored in the> db. WebDNA does this so the db format does not get screwed up by the> addition of CR's in places where they do not belong.>> Of course, this means it has to reverse this process when the data is> retrieved ... and this means the %0B's are converted back into %0D's> on the web page. This may or may not have anything to do with the> problem you're seeing, but it's good to know the mechanics of> webdna's internal code in this situation -- so you can diagnose the> problem more effectively.>> The reason you're ending up with more
tags that you want> probably has something to do with the way you're manipulating the> data before it gets appended or replaced. It seems like your code is> attaching a new
tag to every %0D rather than replacing the %0D> with
. It could be that there's a bug in convertchars that's> causing this problem, but I would suspect something else first.> Nevertheless, you can test it easily by using a grep search/replace> instead of convertchars. Maybe grep will work properly ...>>> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome-------------------------------------------------------------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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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