When the form is submitted, the " becomes " etc. So they won't ever end up in the database. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)
> -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 18 July 2002 3:28 p.m. > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: HtmlEditFormat() > > > > Just FYI, I tested it out a number of times and 5" updated > > about 5 times still produced 5" (viewing source it was 5") > > > > I actually tested > & # too ... and it seemed to work just > > fine as well -- Interesting. > > > > I guess back to my original question, should I htmleditformat > > all my textareas and text fields that could possibly have these > > types of characters? > > Okay, so it doesn't double them up ... that's good to know. :) So the > remaining question is : will you ever used the data in > anything other than > an html format output, i.e. plain-text email, pdf, tab-delimited data > export, etc... If so, then you probably don't want to > htmleditformat before > you update the db. If you do know with certainty that it > won't ever be used > for anything else, then I'd say prior to going into the db is > the best time > to do it, since it cuts down if however slightly on the > amount of work the > server has to do later when it displays, which happens much > more frequently > than modifying data. > > Isaac > > www.turnkey.to > 954-776-0046 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm 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
