Re: £ outputting £ signs

Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 22 Jul 2003 at 15:01, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you. > My suggesstion would be as your adding the data to the database > convert the > £ to £ I wouldn't do that, it will eman extra CPU cycles if at a later date you decide you want to use the data in your database for anything other than a HTML page. Also it is 6 bytes of wasted disk space per record - in a very large database that would show. David. -- phpmachine :: The quick and easy to use service providing you with professionally developed PHP scripts :: http://www.phpmachine.com/ Professional Web Development by David Nicholson http://www.djnicholson.com/ QuizSender.com - How well do your friends actually know you? http://www.quizsender.com/ (developed entirely in PHP)