Re: passing large amount of text in post form

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2005

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 61104
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texte = Gary Krockover wrote:> Now this contradicts what John just passed (and to be honest, I DO > always input my form values) - John has posted his argument on why it> is only necessary in a textarea, why do you feel it is necessary in> ALL fields with values?[url] should be used for normal form variables, if you are concerned about the content having special meaning. If you use [input] expecting it to do anything like that, you're engaging in cargo cult programming.To quote from the WebDNA docs:> Note: there is probably no reason to ever use this context unless it> is inside

, because no other input field allows carriage> returns to be typed into it.All that [input] does is convert soft returns (VTAB) into hard returns. This is only useful inside a <textarea> context, for exactly the reason that is mentioned in the doc fragment above.Johnp.s. see, I did that without baiting Mr. Grome for not reading the original message closely enough! Oops, there I did it again... ;-)-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4501 Forbes BoulevardSuite HLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5748-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/

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Gary Krockover wrote:> Now this contradicts what John just passed (and to be honest, I DO > always input my form values) - John has posted his argument on why it> is only necessary in a textarea, why do you feel it is necessary in> ALL fields with values?<a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=89">[url]</a> should be used for normal form variables, if you are concerned about the content having special meaning. If you use <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=182">[input]</a> expecting it to do anything like that, you're engaging in cargo cult programming.To quote from the WebDNA docs:> Note: there is probably no reason to ever use this context unless it> is inside <textarea>, because no other input field allows carriage> returns to be typed into it.All that <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=182">[input]</a> does is convert soft returns (VTAB) into hard returns. This is only useful inside a <textarea> context, for exactly the reason that is mentioned in the doc fragment above.Johnp.s. see, I did that without baiting Mr. Grome for not reading the original message closely enough! Oops, there I did it again... ;-)-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4501 Forbes BoulevardSuite HLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5748-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com>.To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <WebDNA-Talk-off@talk.smithmicro.com>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <WebDNA-Talk-digest@talk.smithmicro.com>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/

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