Thanks for your help, i think my explanation was really bad. I would use the same code as you, but my problem is that i want to find all <cfmodule> tags with no attribute MAXHSIZE. The attribute is not deprecated but required.
Sorry for the inconveniance. Harry > -----Original Message----- > From: Gyrus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:10 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Regular Expression > > > > In plain english: I try to find all <cfmodule> tags. After > <cfmodule are > > some characters, then textline.cfm then again some characters. > > The expression MAXHSIZE should not be found in the part between > > textline.cfm to > > > > > Again: I try to find wrong <cfmodule> calls with a > deprecated attribute > > (MAXHSIZE). > > Slightly confusing explanation, but assume you want to match those > tags where MAXHSIZE *does* exist, to identify invalid tags. Try > > <cfmodule [^>]+textline.cfm[^>]+MAXHSIZE[^>]+> > > Not 100% on this, but seems to work with basic test. The core > trick is "[^>]+" (match one or more characters that aren't ">" - > keeps the match inside the tag bounds. > > hth, > > - Gyrus > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

