The column is a text type. I get <b> <i> but not <ol><li> The bullets are just left out.
On Dec 13, 9:46 pm, Phlip <[email protected]> wrote: > Don French wrote: > > I have some text columns where I would like many of the html commands > > available. I can insert tags in the field with no problem and it stays > > there. When I try to use the data like <%= @item.description %> I > > loose several of the tags. They do not work. Particularly the <ul> > > <ol> <li> tags. The <b> <i> tags work along with font and color. > > > Are they being filtered out automatically? > > Not at all - if you put raw text in you should get raw text out. (Probably > UTF-8...) > > How long is your description field? If it's not a TEXT blob, it might truncate > at 255. > > What do your unit tests say about the description field, and the view it > constructs? > > > What do I need to do to get a column to display in the format > > specified. Ultimately I want to use one of the wysiwyg editors on the > > site, but If I can not get the output to display, it is of no use > > We do it all the time. > > But just today I could not get a <li> to display its freaking list-style-type: > disc for anything. Both Firefox and IE caught the bug. Maybe it's a lunar > phase > thing, and you caught it too! > > -- > Phlip --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
