did it go from ASP on NT to CF on unix/linux or something like that? I know when
I switch platforms, the special characters from word, for example, get messed up
in different programs, and do appear as "boxes." Most annoying are word characters
such as "curly quotes", en-dashes, etc., as well as foreign language characters
(e-accent-aigue, etc.) If you want the database cleaned up, you may have to write
a little CF database routine that will loop through ALL the text fields in your
database and replace the "box" character (copy-paste it) and with the appropriate
html-safe character (quote, etc.) Or, if you can (or want to) keep the database
as is, you can write a little routine that goes between your database pull and your
display to do the same thing: find any funny characters and replace them with their
corresponding normal character. hope that helps. carina
----- Original Message ----- From: Jeremy Oudit Sent: 7/10/2002 10:37:20 AM To:
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love to post the ASP but it's 54 pages worth of spaghetti code in one document.
here is the CF
#text#
#text#
#paragraphformat(text)#
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#list#
[level2Content.cfm?docID=#listFirst(text,]#listLast(text,";")#
[#listFirst(text,]#listLast(text,";")#
#text#
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post both the asp and the cf code..
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---------- Original Text ----------
From: "Jeremy Oudit" , on 2002-07-10 10:22 AM:
I'm in the process of redoing a website that was previously made in ASP into
Cold fusion. Things are progressing really smoothly. EXCEPT FOR THIS:
Anything content that is pulled from the database displays quotations or
apostrophes as a box. WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY???? This drives me nuts.
Quotes display fine in the ASP version and I haven't changed any of the
content in the data base itself. Any ideas. Why does CF do this?
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