Re: how to store formated text in database

This is CorpseEater's reply on your message send to him on 8/19/2002 : Well, there has been a lot of talk on this list about whether you should put anything into the database except the data it self - and i don't think you should. Place the data in the database and make the output script (html codes) the way you think those data should be layed-out - you can, of course, put formatting-data into database but then you'll need to create a script (practicly a data-parser) which will read those stuff (formatting) from database and then according to them the script will have to format text in the output web-page. This is much more complicated ! If you don't like this answer - maybe you should be more specific (what is it you are trying to do) ? Smita> hello, Smita> i'm using php with sql i wanted to store text in database along with Smita> formatting, so that when i retrieve it, it should be printed with all the Smita> formatting which is used while storing the value in database. is there any Smita> function as such for this stuff? Smita> thnx and regards, Smita> smita. -- Greets CorpseEater@flashmail.com