$rec{'Info'} = substr($rec{'Info'},0,50);
$rec{'Info'} .= "...";
}[/code]I use code above to show 50 char. of Info field on short page.
Now some record try to make their record to get more views by put a dot and breakline and dot and again and again...so these record will look like this
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how can I use this mod by get rid of this problem?

Regards,
Act.
I am new to cgi, Thank you for your help.

You should use the following codes in the sub html_record routine:



You are missing concatemnet values of . "...".

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Thank alot,Eliot. :)

Regards,
Act.
I am new to cgi, Thank you for your help.

Hi, Eliot
I test ti but it still be as
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Indeed i want it go to be
.... (without breakline in short page)

Regards,
Act.
I am new to cgi, Thank you for your help.

Try reducing 50 to another number...

Trust me...these codes work...I have them in a bunch of my cgi scripts...

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Try this variation taken from the FAQ noted below:


if (length($rec{'Info'}) >50) {
$rec{'Info'} = substr($rec{'Description'},0,50);
$rec{'Info'} .= "...";
}

Hope this helps

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http://webmagic.hypermart.net/dbman/

That's effectively the same code.

Anyway, I think we're missing the problem here...

Sounds to me like the problem is the new lines, so perhaps you should strip them first:

$rec{'Info'} =~ s/\n//g;

Hope you sort things out.

- Mark


Astro-Boy!!
http://www.zip.com.au/~astroboy/

Really....huh? Because it works JUST fine in my script without the line break codes, ASTROBOY!

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Yes, it is .it not work with mine.I wonder if there is some routine in .cgi file I missed.May be I modified the .cgi file so it not work..
i also have problem with get breakline html code < br > appear in database file at everywhere when user enter a breakline in textarea field.

Regards,
Act.
I am new to cgi, Thank you for your help.

Act:

Are you including at the top of your html_record and/or html_record_long the following:

$rec{'Description'} =~ s/\n/<BR>/g;

This would convert line breaks for you without having to place the break tags within your database.



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http://webmagic.hypermart.net/dbman/

Eliot, I am not dissing your code. All I'm saying is, to me, it sounds as though people are putting in newlines to help "pad out" their records (that's how I read it anyway).

Your substr code no doubt works perfectly, all I was suggesting was to include the find/replace code as well.

Just trying to help...

- Mark


Astro-Boy!!
http://www.zip.com.au/~astroboy/

Yes, Loisc
$rec{'Description'} =~ s/\n/<BR>/g;
is included at the top of long page.
Is there something wrong in cgi file?


Regards,
Act.
I am new to cgi, Thank you for your help.