Thx to you both, Cheers,
--------------------------------------- Matt Robertson, MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com --------------------------------------- ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- from: Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 22:03:49 +0100 >S. Isaac Dealey wrote: > >> No it's not a requirement -- I found an article that mentioned that >> they tend to just use #createuuid()# by itself for the boundary. I >> left the prefix "=_NextPart_." in just because I've seen it used and >> figured it couldn't hurt -- the purpose of using a uuid() is to make >> the boundary string unique, because you could just as well use >> "nextpart" by itself as the boundary, however, if by random chance, >> someone types "--nextpart" into an email this might cause a problem. >> The prefix is human readable though it's not very likely to be read by >> a human for any real reason, and the uuid() "ensures" uniqueness. > >The sequence =_ (equals underscore) is such that it can't be present in >many encodings (Base64, quoted printable) and is therefore a good one to >put in a boundary. The rest doesn't matter, although numbering >subsequently based on the nested level of the boundary is easy for >debugging. > >Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq 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
