Not an answer Jeff, just another related issue which I've been postponing. When user types data into a <html:textarea> they can use new line chars. If I display it in a web page as free text the new lines are ignored. So I want to be able to optionally convert new lines to <br /> & probably multiple spaces to other stuff too. ie. I need a component for handling incoming & outgoing text, I'm sure the spec for the perfect product is very fiddly. Hopefully some-one has it already.....
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Greetings: > I apologize as this is not direct Struts question. > Background: > I am using Struts in our current Application. The time is not right for me to > introduce the controller at this time but with any new changes I use as many of > the logic tags and bean tags as I can. Just by using these tags I have > cleaned up much of my pages because our app started small, got big and is all > scriplets. > > Usage: > We have many screens that our users will input notes about the clients that > they manage. When we view these notes in read-only format, (ie: direct to page, > not a control) I use the bean write tag with filter turned on (default) to weed > out damaging characters. > > Problem: > Some users will take notes from MS word and cut and paste into the text > area control. This will result in certain characters being encoded on form > submit such as " encoded to � and so on. These code end up in the > database. If use struts filter, I will get � on the page because itself > is encoded. > > If I turn filtering off, the page will render with the supported character. > The Struts filter is only doing it's job. How do I prevent the characters from > being sent to the data base that way? > > Do I have to Decode before I send them to the database? > Should I be looking into the the form attributes such as char set and enc-type? > > Thanks > > "too busy to think.." > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
