> I've got a page set up for CFERROR TYPE="request" that 
> displays an online form, asking the user to enter briefly what 
> happened and submit the form.
> 
> Several error variables are included as hidden form fields, 
> including error.Diagnostics. I've noticed that error.Diagnostics 
> often has apostrophes and quotation marks in it.
> 
> Therefore, if you have VALUE="#error.Diagnostics#" or
> VALUE='#error.Diagnostics#' as a hidden field, the values can 
> get truncated when the browser finds a matching " or '. Also, 
> what's been chopped off can be displayed in the browser.

You can use a TEXTAREA instead of a hidden form field for Error.Diagnostics.
While I understand that you'd prefer to use a hidden form field, you can
make the TEXTAREA very small, and potentially make it uneditable by the user
as well.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444

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