Re: &nbsp html code in PostgreSQL table

On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 10:09 -0800, Jim Borland wrote:
> I need to insert a non-breaking space into an html table cell for it to
> display correctly. If the cell is empty it looks different from all the
> other cells. Things work fine if the final html code for the cell looks
> like this:
> <td>&nbsp;</td>
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> I populate the html table with data from a PostgreSQL database. If I store
> '&nbsp' as text in the PostgreSQL table's column, it gets printed as literal
> text in the html table instead of being recognized as an html code. How can
> I store a value in PostgreSQL and have it recognized as an html code when it
> gets read and inserted into a web page?
>
> I'm using Tomcat and JSP pages. The PostgreSQL data is inserted into a Java
> Bean and utilized in the JSP page using a <c:out> JSTL tag.

the ; is required. E.g; &nbsp is just text, &nbsp; isn't. Simple html
test:

<title>bar</title>
I am a&nbsp;space <br />
I am a&nbspspace

But this is the wrong list :)

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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