Line breaks

[Newsgroup_User]

Is there a better code practive for CF to both include and show line breaks
in text areas.

I have many sites that have text areas inwhich users use the enter key to
seperate their paragraphs.

When I go to show them on a page, it all gets pushed together into one long
paragraph.

On some sites I use MySQL and on others I use MS SQL although I have
accomplished this in Classic ASP (with help from an extension) using both so
I don't think it is a DB issue.

The goal is to be able to display parapgraphs as the user has entered them

I have tried <code></code> and <pre></pre> and those did not quite work.

Thanks for any help.

Example / Goal:

I would like to have a paragraph like this.

And this.

Rather than:
I would like to have a paragraph like this. And this.

[Dan_Bracuk]

Store what you get. This will make it easier for you to pre-populate the textarea should that be necessary.

When you are displaying the info, use the replace function to change all the chr(10)s to <br />s

[TSB]

Here is how I do it in one of my apps.

#replace('#posting#', '#chr(13)##chr(10)#', '<br/>', 'all')#

Trevor
San Jose Semaphore Observations

[Newsgroup_User]

Seems to have worked.

I am using Flash forms and I am not sure if they are including #chr(13/10)#
into the database. I just tried entering text into a flash form and it didnt
work. Just another posting added an additional link break. \

hmm

[Newsgroup_User]

Here is how I do it in one of my apps.

#replace('#posting#', '#chr(13)##chr(10)#', '<br/>', 'all')#

Trevor

And if you would like true paragraphs, not just breaks.

<p>#replace('#posting#', '#chr(13)##chr(10)#', '</p><p>', 'all')#</p>

[Newsgroup_User]

Actually now it works fine. Since the example you gave me had 2 items in it,
I change it from replace() to replaceList() and it works perfectly

#replace('#posting#', '#chr(13)##chr(10)#', '<br/>', 'all')#

#replaceList('#posting#', '#chr(13)#, #chr(10)#', '<br/>, <br/>')#

[Newsgroup_User]

even better 🙂