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AccessPatternMatchingFormat(string)

Last updated August 14, 2002

author

Matthew Walker
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Version: 2 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: StrLib

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Description:
A visitor may enter wildcard characters into a search string without realising. An invalid search string can then produce either a database error or odd results. This is a particular problem with double-byte languages like Japanese where a [ for example may be hidden inside a character.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>
"98.3%" becomes "#AccessPatternMatchingFormat("98.3%")#"
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
string	The string to format.	Yes

Full UDF Source:

	
	<cfscript>
/**
 * Strip pattern-matching wildcards from a string appearing in an Access query.
 * Modded list order (rkc 8/14/02)
 * 
 * @param string      The string to format. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Matthew Walker (matthew@cabbagetree.co.nz) 
 * @version 2, August 14, 2002 
 */
function AccessPatternMatchingFormat(string) {
    return ReplaceList(string, "[,%,_,##", "[[],[%],[_],[##]");
}
</cfscript>