Re: Grep Ampersands

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2008


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Donovan Brooke wrote: > Ki Song wrote: >> Some of our product descriptions have an ampersand. >> For example: Backpack & Table >> >> How do I either: >> 1. Replace the & with a & >> 2. Replace the & with an "and" >> >> I tried using grep, but putting an & into the search field seems to >> "break" >> the grep search. > > [convertchars][description][/convertchars] > > > Donovan Oops, I should amend by reply with, if you store HTML in your description field, then convertchars itself, will null out the HTML, presenting the html as text. In this case, you can either use grep or a custom convertchars instead. ie. [convertchars db=conv_ands.db][description][/convertchars] conv_ands.db ---------------------------- FROMTO && ---------------------------- Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE EUCA Design Center <- Web Development (specializing in eCommerce),-> <- Desktop Publishing, Print Consulting, Labels -> <-Glass Products, off-hand Classes/studio rental-> PH:>(608) 770-3822 TALK:>http://artglass-forum.com WEB:> http://www.euca.us & http://www.egg.bz =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Grep Ampersands ( "Dan Strong" 2008)
  2. Re: Grep Ampersands ( Donovan Brooke 2008)
  3. Re: Grep Ampersands ( "Diane Blackmore (Cohesion)" 2008)
  4. Re: Grep Ampersands ( Charles Kline 2008)
  5. Re: Grep Ampersands ( "Diane Blackmore (Cohesion)" 2008)
  6. Re: Grep Ampersands ( Charles Kline 2008)
  7. Re: Grep Ampersands ( "Diane Blackmore (Cohesion)" 2008)
  8. Re: Grep Ampersands ( Stuart Tremain 2008)
  9. Re: Grep Ampersands ( Donovan Brooke 2008)
  10. Re: Grep Ampersands ( Donovan Brooke 2008)
  11. Re: Grep Ampersands ( "Diane Blackmore (Cohesion)" 2008)
  12. Re: Grep Ampersands ( Stuart Tremain 2008)
  13. Grep Ampersands ( Ki Song 2008)
Donovan Brooke wrote: > Ki Song wrote: >> Some of our product descriptions have an ampersand. >> For example: Backpack & Table >> >> How do I either: >> 1. Replace the & with a & >> 2. Replace the & with an "and" >> >> I tried using grep, but putting an & into the search field seems to >> "break" >> the grep search. > > [convertchars][description][/convertchars] > > > Donovan Oops, I should amend by reply with, if you store HTML in your description field, then convertchars itself, will null out the HTML, presenting the html as text. In this case, you can either use grep or a custom convertchars instead. ie. [convertchars db=conv_ands.db][description][/convertchars] conv_ands.db ---------------------------- FROMTO && ---------------------------- Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE EUCA Design Center <- Web Development (specializing in eCommerce),-> <- Desktop Publishing, Print Consulting, Labels -> <-Glass Products, off-hand Classes/studio rental-> PH:>(608) 770-3822 TALK:>http://artglass-forum.com WEB:> http://www.euca.us & http://www.egg.bz =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Donovan Brooke

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