Re: searching illegal HTML
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 44411
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks Michael, Now I need to figure out why I can view ü in your example and not mine... I am [url]ing the value when [append]ing to my database. I'm viewing in just the same way you have described.In your example I see the correct ü and in mine it turns into a ?.Ken, I don't think it is a matter of font since I'm creating the character with the same font as I'm trying to view it with. Also, I can see Michael's example.Any ideas? (I will add my raw code to the example I did)thanks, DonovanMichael Davis wrote:> Your database is fine the way it is. > > To illustrate what is happening, I've set up this test page: > http://209.210.6.129/sites/urltest/index.tpl > > When you append data to a db, you should always use [url] around the > data. This does not make the actual data stored in the database a URL > translation, except for line feeds to vertical tabs. The most > important thing is that it makes WebDNA append data in a consistent way > so that it doesn't choke on characters such as the ampersand while > parsing the string. So if you append é to a database with [url]é[/url] > it will be stored in the database as é, not %8E. > > If you want a methodology that will always result in consistently > accurate searching and consistent data storage, look at the test page > above. There really shouldn't be any confusion with you should or you > shouldn't use [url]. > > Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Thanks Michael, Now I need to figure out why I can view ü in your example and not mine... I am [url]ing the value when [append]ing to my database. I'm viewing in just the same way you have described.In your example I see the correct ü and in mine it turns into a ?.Ken, I don't think it is a matter of font since I'm creating the character with the same font as I'm trying to view it with. Also, I can see Michael's example.Any ideas? (I will add my raw code to the example I did)thanks, DonovanMichael Davis wrote:> Your database is fine the way it is. > > To illustrate what is happening, I've set up this test page: > http://209.210.6.129/sites/urltest/index.tpl > > When you append data to a db, you should always use [url] around the > data. This does not make the actual data stored in the database a URL > translation, except for line feeds to vertical tabs. The most > important thing is that it makes WebDNA append data in a consistent way > so that it doesn't choke on characters such as the ampersand while > parsing the string. So if you append é to a database with [url]é[/url] > it will be stored in the database as é, not %8E. > > If you want a methodology that will always result in consistently > accurate searching and consistent data storage, look at the test page > above. There really shouldn't be any confusion with you should or you > shouldn't use [url]. > > Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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