Viewing DB Results with APOSTROPHE in Form Field

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February 17th, 2005, 12:12 PM

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Viewing DB Results with APOSTROPHE in Form Field

When I pull information from my database, it is viewed in a form format. This way, the information can be edited easily.

I have written a function to make it possible to use apostrophes in the database BUT when I try to view the information in the form format (edit format), everything after the apostrophe is hidden.

I have a understanding of what is going on. The apostrophe is making the browser think that the data ends there.

How can I make the data after the apostrophe show up in the form field?

Help!!

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February 17th, 2005, 12:31 PM

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Post your code you are using to display the field.

February 17th, 2005, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Memnoch

Post your code you are using to display the field.

Response.Write "<tr><td><b>Last Name:</b></td>"
Response.Write "<td><input type='text' name='lastname' value='" & rsClient("LastName") & "' style='border:1px ridge #000080'></td></tr>"

February 17th, 2005, 03:18 PM

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Change this: Response.Write "<td><input type='text' name='lastname' value='" & rsClient("LastName") & "' style='border:1px ridge #000080'></td></tr>"

To:

Code:

Response.Write "<td><input type='text' name='lastname' value='" & Replace(rsClient("LastName"),"'","&#39") & "' style='border:1px ridge #000080'></td></tr>"

This way you replace the single quote character into its corresponding html entity &quot
And if you want to replace double qoute use

Code:

Response.Write "<td><input type='text' name='lastname' value='" & Replace(rsClient("LastName"),"'","&#34") & "' style='border:1px ridge #000080'>

You can find out more about HTML entities at W3Schools

Don't forget that where &#39 you need to add a ; right after it, for some reason, I can't display it right

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February 18th, 2005, 08:40 AM

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There is NO benifit in Response.writing your HTML, just use the HTML and insert ASP as needed. It's also a heck of a lot easier!

Code:

 <tr><td><b>Last Name:</b></td>
 <td><input type="text" name="lastname" value="<%=rsClient("LastName")%>" style="border:1px ridge #000080"></td></tr>

And for the record, when you need to represent a quotation in a string, you use a double quote "". So if you WERE to use the other code, which I don't recommend, it would have to be changed to:

Code:

 Response.Write "<td><input type=""text"" name=""lastname"" value=""" & rsClient("LastName") & """ style=""border:1px ridge #000080""></td></tr>"

You'll notice """ which means, show a " and then the 3rd one breaks the string so you can show the variable.

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