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Old March 10th, 2006, 01:58 PM
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Did you try replacing the apostrophes?

Can you post the sql that is causing the errors?

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Code:
set rs2=con.execute("SELECT country FROM `stadiums` WHERE countryname LIKE '"&choice&"%'", ,adCmdText)

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The sql statement itself please, not the code that creates it.

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SELECT county FROM Stadiums where countryname like '&scotland&'

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Query runs fine for me with no errors.

 
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but try putting an apostrophe (') into the variable 'scotland'.........................

it all goes Pete Tong!

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Yep, but like I said, replace apostrophes with two apostrophes and it will work.

 
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yeah, that worked great Chris. it will catch the bad characters both Client-Side and Server-Side now. thank you.

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Code:
/*
FUNCTION NAME: fix_chars
Replace specific characters with [BLANK] as they are no valid city/airport code entries
*/
function fix_chars(id,val)
{
       var doce = document.forms["fexp"].elements;

       if ((typeof(val)=="undefined")||(typeof(id)=="undefined")){
        return;
    }
    if(/'/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/'/g,'');
    }
    if(/&/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/&/g,'');
    }
    if(/_/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/_/g,'');
    }
    if(/,/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/,/g,'');
    }
    if(/%/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/%/g,'');
    }
    if(/`/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/`/g,'');
    }
    if(/"/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/"/g,'');
    }
    if(/@/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/@/g,'');
    }
    if(/~/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/~/g,'');
    }
    if(/#/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/#/g,'');
    }
    if(/!/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/!/g,'');
    }
    if(/</.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/</g,'');
    }
    if(/>/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/>/g,'');
    }
    if(/{/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/{/g,'');
    }
    if(/}/.test(val))
    {
        doce[id].value = val.replace(/}/g,'');
    }
}
chris, on further testing the function you posted didnt actually work, this code works, but again, it looks crazy. can it be cut down??

i'm not sure why yours didnt work, it looked fine!

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Hi Picco,

The function I posted works fine for me in IE, Mozilla & Opera.

Cheers,

Chris






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