Well - that was an uncontested 5 suggestions for jsStringFormat() - and
it worked wonderfully. How did that little function escape me so long.
My toughest decision is now do I go back through old project cleaning up
my nutty replace functions I previously dreamed up and replace with
jsStringFormat() ! :)
Thanks everyone - I knew posting to the list would help.
jay miller
charlie griefer wrote:
> there is a jsStringFormat() function which will escape the 'dangerous'
> javascript characters :)
>
> hth,
> charlie
>
> Jason Miller writes:
>
>
>>Hello list -
>>I have an access database - it already has text in a memo field riddled
>>with ' quotes. Like - "Woman's" and "it's" and all sorts of words.
>>
>>Problem is it is creating an issue with my javascript event - which is
>>onMouseOver="tip.show('#Trim(LinkDesc)#')"
>>
>>Do I need to do a replace function each time? Or do I have to run a
>>filter on all existing fields and re-insert the info with a
>>PreserveSingleQuotes?
>>
>>It throws cf errors on page rendered - it explains a mystery -
>>"Expected )" issue. Also - it prevents any tip's from showing that have
>>a single quote.
>>I tested it to be sure this was the problem and in the mouseover -
>>temporarily changed it to urlencodedformat and it fixed all issues.. but
>>obviously for readability -that's not a solution.
>>
>>What's the best, quickest and easiest way to go here? Advice? I tried a
>>few things but nothing worked for me 100% or was effective (not spaghetti)
>>
>>thanks!
>>jay
>>
>>
>
>
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