----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm with you. If you use paragraphFormat() when inserting the text into the > db, you'll end up with html tags in your text. Then, when someone goes back > to edit the data, they'll see the tags. I think it's usually best for html > tags to be transparent to the end user. ----------------------------
I can see the logic in this, but for me it depends on the app. If you're talking about a CMS, then almost certainly the text will be read from the DB for output on the front-end *many* more times than read out for editing or input from the back-end. Seems like a good idea performance-wise to do the paragraphFormat() where it'll be processed least. The other thing is, as has been said, CF's own HTML formatting tags are extremely limited, so I roll my own. This includes "reverse-formatting", i.e. changing HTML tags back into line-breaks so that people can edit the stored HTML without the tags appearing in the form. The only niggly problem here I think is when you have a character limit - you have to fudge it all a bit because the number of characters the user enters isn't the number of characters (including tags) to be stored in the DB. <cfmoan> Haven't delved into CFMX's functions regarding HTML formatting, maybe they've improved. It's one of those things that seems ridiculous, a relative novice like myself being able to easily whip up much more sophisticated solutions than the ones created by Allaire/MM. OK, they can't have sophisticated functions for everything, but you'd think that HTML formatting would be a top priority as we're all working with it all the time. Not to mention the fact that CF's built-in functions seem to fly in the face of current standards (XHTML)... </cfmoan> - Gyrus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: http://www.tengai.co.uk play: http://www.norlonto.net - PGP key available ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
