Re: Text with \n's in DBDO/QF

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:19:25 -0800, Ken Restivo <ken@restivo.org> wrote: > I have a longtext (MySQL) field which contains text with \n's. > > They display correctly in a textareafield in QF. But if I update() them, the \n's are gone > and I getonereallylongrunonparagraph instead. > Does it also have no spaces? This doesn't sound like a newline only problem to me? Are you using any QF filters? > In my old homegrown framework, I don't recall doing anything special to preserve the exact > text through edits and saves. > > I haven't been able to figure out whether it is QF or DBDO that is mangling my text. > > Is there some way to turn off this behaviour? > > In a perfect world I would write test scripts and isolate exactly what is going wrong, and > where. But since I'm ridiculously behind schedule, I'll be lazy and ask here, assuming > others have seen this before. > I haven't seen any problem like this and I use DO and QF every day. Granted, I usually (always) use FormBuilder to do it, but I don't think FormBuilder alters text fields in any way. Have you tried updating yout PEAR packages? I would also suggest: DB_DataObject::debugLevel(5); and see if you can see anything strange there. -- Justin Patrin