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Limit Output of Text Characters
Posted 02 Oct 2002 02:23:30
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02 Oct 2002 02:23:30 Ben Chambless posted:
Hello,I am designing a product listing page. I want to show the first couple of lines of each products description. How do I limit the the number of text characters output? Thanks.
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Replied 02 Oct 2002 12:40:09
02 Oct 2002 12:40:09 Owen Eastwick replied:
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Owen.
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Replied 02 Oct 2002 21:22:07
02 Oct 2002 21:22:07 Dave Thomas replied:
A simple way to do it is like :
<%= (rsYourRecordset.field.item("DBField"
.value)
changed to:
<%= Left(rsYourRecordset.field.item("DBField".value, 200)%>...
will show 200 characters with 3 trailing dots.
Regards,
Dave
UD4 || Flash || Access ||Web Hosting
<%= (rsYourRecordset.field.item("DBField"
.value)changed to:
<%= Left(rsYourRecordset.field.item("DBField"
.value, 200)%>...will show 200 characters with 3 trailing dots.
Regards,
Dave
UD4 || Flash || Access ||Web Hosting
Replied 02 Oct 2002 23:45:50
02 Oct 2002 23:45:50 Ben Chambless replied:
Thats exactly what I needed. Thanks for the help!!