hi,
why u want to store the whole path in the database instead you can store
just that gif file name. and when you are retrieving that just say
#queryname.fieldname#
once you get this you could able to manipulate the data to fit into html
file.
I hope i understand your problem.
nagesh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian N. Abad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Parsing a text field from a db...
> Folks:
>
> Here is today's challenge :
>
> I have a database that stores Library articles (how-to's).
>
> I need to be able to store ColdFusion markup in the database and have it
> parsed once the row is retrieved from the database.
>
> For example, I store the following text in the db:
>
> <img src="#application.imagesRoot#/library/image.gif">
>
> Then, I retrieve this Library item from the db with a query and display
it,
> like this :
>
> <cfoutput>#myQueryName.article#</cfoutput>
>
> PROBLEM : The text that is written to the html file the LITERAL text from
> the database. Instead, I need to have this text parsed and interpreted as
> CFML.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> Any ideas?!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Christian N. Abad
>
>
>
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