Nah, use this (nice trick someone showed me.):
<cfscript>
function trimContent(string, chars) {
return trim(reverse(listRest(reverse(left(string, chars)), "
")));
}
</cfscript>
<cfoutput>#trimContent("This is the content that's been drawn from the
database", 15)#</cfoutput>
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Macromedia ColdFusion Developer
Fairbanks Environmental Ltd +44 (0)1695 51775
Queen's Awards Winner 2003 <http://www.fairbanks.co.uk/go/awards>
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