shouldn't that be ..

mystring = replace(mystring, chr(0),"","all");

J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Halliwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 21 January 2003 15:04
> To: inFusion Support List
> Subject: RE: [iMS] Null characters
>
>
> The mail was generated by cfx_imsmail, with the body content taken from a
> Word document saved as HTML, parsed by ColdFusion into a database and from
> there into a text only string variable.
>
> Looking on the Macromedia Forums it appears that CF uses ascii nulls
> internally to terminate string variables, and indeed the following test
> seems to bear this out:
>
> <cfscript>
> mystring = "testtest";
> hasnull = "no";
>
> if(find(chr(0),mystring))
>       hasnull = "yes";
>
>
> </cfscript>
>
> <cfoutput>Has null? #hasnull#</cfoutput>
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be possible to remove these
> characters, as
> the following code
>
>       mystring = replace(mystring, chr(0),"all");
>
> returns the error
>
>       Parameter 2 of function Replace which is now "" must be a non-empty
> string
>
> I know it's outside the scope of the list, but if anyone knows
> anything more
> about this I'd be interested to know of any solutions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeremy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 21 January 2003 14:14
> > To: inFusion Support List
> > Subject: Re: [iMS] Null characters
> >
> >
> > A NULL is an ASCII 0.  Somehow, the email contained a NULL
> > and was rejected by the other server.  How was the mail
> > generated?  I've heard of some broken email clients creating
> > mails with embedded NULLs.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Howie
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeremy Halliwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 5:24 AM
> > Subject: [iMS] Null characters
> >
> >
> > > What are nul (null?) characters in the context of SMTP
> > >
> > > ... while talking to localhost:
> > > >>> DATA
> > > <<< 524 5.6.0 message contains NUL characters
> > > 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Remote protocol error
> > >
> > > Jeremy
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