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JohnandSwifty

JohnandSwifty

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May 31, 2005
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Hi,

I have a description preview field that i want to populate with the first 12 characters of the variable it receives.

e.g. <cfoutput>#ProductDescription#</cfoutput>

as above it returns up to 255 characters... any ideas?

Thanks
 
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#Left(ProductDescription, '12')#

That'll do it for you!

Rob
 
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