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John
Junior Member
USA
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 Posted - 04 October 2000 : 21:21:15
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It would be nice if the length of the signature didn't include the markup (like [ b], [ blue], etc). This could be removed using regexes (<b>reg</b>ular <b>ex</b>pressions), and then the returned string could be counted using len()... anyone here good with regexes?
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John
Junior Member
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 12:35:10
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Here's the code:
Set RegEx = New RegExp
RegEx.Global = True
RegEx.MultiLine = True
RegEx.Pattern = "\[(.*)\]"
sSignatureLen = RegEx.Replace(Request.Form("signature"), "")
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gor
Retired Admin
Netherlands
5511 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 13:32:40
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Ehm sorry John, but I don't get why you want this <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle> (maybe because I'm not good with regexes).
<b>Pierre Gorissen</b>
<font color=blue><font size=1>A man who is 'of sound mind'
is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
</font id=blue></font id=size1><font size=1><font color=black>Paul Valery</font id=size1></font id=black> |
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John
Junior Member
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 15:38:43
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because I tried to make a signature that was around 45 characters but with the markup it was like 285 characters!!! This way it'll only count actual CHARACTERS, not the forum code...
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gor
Retired Admin
Netherlands
5511 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 15:49:15
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hmm ... I see ... but the check is there to see if it fits in the database field (255 characters) ... and the <i>converted</i> markup needs to go in there also ... so both your option and the way it is now don't provide a 100% garantee that it fits...
Or am I talking nonsense now ?
<b>Pierre Gorissen</b>
<font color=blue><font size=1>A man who is 'of sound mind'
is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
</font id=blue></font id=size1><font size=1><font color=black>Paul Valery</font id=size1></font id=black> |
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John
Junior Member
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 15:59:26
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well take off the limit in the database field... but is there one?
because I had a signature here, removed like 20 characters, and it said it was too long! but it, however, I couldn't edit my profile...
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gor
Retired Admin
Netherlands
5511 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 16:27:42
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All strings stored in a database have a limit. The maximum you can store in a string typed field is 255 characters.
In Access you would otherwise have to use MEMO-fields, or TEXT fields when using SQL Server.
<b>Pierre Gorissen</b>
<font color=blue><font size=1>A man who is 'of sound mind'
is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
</font id=blue></font id=size1><font size=1><font color=black>Paul Valery</font id=size1></font id=black> |
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John
Junior Member
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 21:32:50
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there obviously isn't a limit set here (forum.snitz.com), b/c I had a signature ~ 320 characters... or else it's a high one...
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 05 October 2000 : 22:12:02
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IIRC, there was a thread in the old posts, begun by Sue I believe, which caused a length limit to be put on signatures. Before that change signatures could be very long, so I would think the change could be undone if desired.
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John
Junior Member
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2000 : 22:47:30
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Well, <b>limiting the length</b> is good (I've seen people who put chapters of books in their signatures!!!), but I don't think <b>the markup</b> should could toward that limit. Using my code above, it removes all markup so that the actual text can be counted.
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