Re: Adding extra coding on the fly?

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2005

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][theTEXT][/grep]On Oct 19, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Mark Derrick wrote:> I'm looking to solve a problem I've come across trying to handle data > in an existing database system that we have inherited.>> The field that is causing me the problems, is an almost free form > field which allows non-technical users to enter text to be displayed > online.>> To give you an example of the data...>> This is a text field which will be displayed online, below this text > we have a list.>

item 1>

item 2>

item 3>

item 4>

item 5> And then we will have a footer.>> To allow the data input person to not have to worry about learning any > code, they work to two very basic rules.> "If you want a bullet point, type

"> "If you want a new line, just hit return">> To process this data when called, it's run through a custom > conversions.db which converts the CR to
, and the

is > displayed as is.> This actually works OK (within reason), the problem I now have is that > I need to use this database in CSS pages, which means that...> a) I need to add the closing

to each bulleted line> b) I need to add
to each line, except those after a

> otherwise I get double line-spacing>> As this database is still being used, and the data continues to be > entered in a basic non-technical way, I'd ideally like to do all this > on the fly.> I've tried using some extra custom conversions.db, but haven't been > able to get the result needed.>> Any suggestions?>> Thanks.> Mark.>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/>-------------------------------------------------------------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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Adding extra coding on the fly? ( Mark Derrick 2005)
Re: Adding extra coding on the fly? ( William DeVaul 2005)
Re: Adding extra coding on the fly? ( Daryl Mitchell 2005)
Adding extra coding on the fly? ( Mark Derrick 2005)

Part of the problem is that I can't tell what the characters are that you convert to BR. You may be able to continue to leave that to the convertchars.This will at least add the but assumes a line break after each bullet marker:[grep search=