Hi Adam Im using sql servers free text search to enable a sitewide search solution. So flat files aint gonna work for me in this instance.
Thanks for all the feedback and advice guys. I think im gonna avoid CF code in the content altogether. The only real need i had was to protect email addresses from spam harvesters. So a major undertaking to make that possible for a few instances in the content seems over the top. Steve thanks for the example code, it got me thinking.. Jason "Adam Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Working on a basic custom CMS system for a client and was wondering if > >anyone has a bright idea on how to convert any cfvars in the content to > > A lot of other people have come up with some "interesting" > suggestions. > > How about just writing the file to disk and including it? Or > better... don't put it into the DB in the first place... write it to > file in the first instance and store the file path in the DB. The > latter has the benefit of not forcing CF to recompile it on every > useage of it (which is quite aq performance hit). > > As for my editorial input, I kind of aagree with the sentiment of > being cautious when doing this. You *don't* want users to have to do > this sort of thing. Firstly because of the worm-can-opening issue > that others have touched on, and secondly because it's just manky to > have users enter code to get results. And for them to do it > correctly... no chance. > > However that's not to say you can't have macros fo some description: > either the %user% suggesion that someone else had (which still gives > ownership of the task to the user, and they'll stuff it up), or things > that can be entered via a toolbar which insert a similar sort of > thing, but remain under your control. Then these macros are swapped > out @ some point for their actual values, or the variables that hold > those values. > > Adam > -- > > > Adam Cameron > Senior Application Developer > Straker Interactive > > Ph: +64 9 3605034 > Fx: +64 9 3605870 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
