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Old September 5th, 2003, 10:11 AM
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Limiting Characters with COLD FUSION


I was wondering if it was possible to set a character limit for a select box with Cold fusion. The effect I'm trying to achieve is by limiting the character limit to 27. If the word(s) is longer, the extra characters should be cropped and replaced by ... making the limit really at "30"? Could CFM do somehting like that or do I have to use JAVASCRIPT?
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Old September 5th, 2003, 11:45 AM
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You can do this with CF on the server side very easily, something like:

<cfif len( trim( form.myFormField ) ) gt 30>
<cfset form.myFormField = left( trim( form.myFormField ), 27 ) & "...">
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Old September 8th, 2003, 08:47 AM
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Thanks for replying! I'm gonna try that as soon as it calms down here today.

I can't wait to get up to speed with CFM, the code seems so straightforward and clean.

Cheers.
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Question Limited output with an insert
Can I do this with a simple 'insert' record field?

I have a product description and would like to limit the size to 30 characters and have a link with a trailing '...' for folks to click for the full description.

Thanks...you guys rock!
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yes, eshera, you can, see post #2
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