Newlogo.gif (8646 bytes)Interpreting database fields as HTML

Both tables (below) are bound to the same CSV database file, whose contents are:

Ordinary,formatted
Unformatted text,"<font color=blue size=+2>I'm <B><I>very</b></i>formatted!</font>"
More unformatted text,<b>You can even do this - <img src='PCPmlogo.gif'></b>


In the first table, the second column contains a SPAN with a DATAFORMATAS attribute set to "HTML", like this:

<td width="400"><div datafld="Formatted" DATAFORMATAS="HTML"></div></td>

IE4 treats the contents of the "Formatted" field as HTML, with these results.

Non-HTML text HTML text

In the second  table, the second column contains a SPAN with a DATAFORMATAS attribute set to "Text", like this:

<td width="400"><div datafld="Formatted" DATAFORMATAS="Text"></div></td>

("Text" is the default DATAFORMATAS value, so you don't actually need to state it).

IE4 treats the contents of the "Formatted" field as ordinary text, with these results.

Non-HTML text HTML text NOT interpeted as HTML

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