Htp.p ability to find and replace

Is it possible, in a procedure to use htp.p() to write data, and then a few lines later remove it?
For example:
begin
htp.p(‘This is a test. [junk] This is only a test’);
- - - - - do something here so that [junk] would not be pushed to the browser
end;
My purpose for this is to create a <query> tag that I’ll use in psp pages. So I’ll be able to do this in a psp page:
<query name=”q1”>
select col from table where 1 = 1
<% if true then %>
and col = <%= bind(‘number’, 1) %>
<% end if %>
</query>
<%= materialize_query(‘q1’) %>
<table>
<% for z in (select * from q1) loop %>
<tr><td><%= z.col %></td></tr>
<% end loop; %>
</table>
I’m thinking of the mechanics of how to do it. Procedure materialize_query needs to look at the htp buffer and extract out the query string, then execute it. The bind function would store the bind information and return a “:b1”. I’m not sure how to manipulate the htp buffer.
Edited by: brian.mcginity on Feb 20, 2010 7:49 AM
Edited by: brian.mcginity on Feb 20, 2010 7:50 AM
making code readable

This is the direction I'm going here:
CREATE OR REPLACE package custom_tag is
buf clob;
inside boolean := false;
procedure savecontent(s boolean default false, e boolean default false);
procedure getContent;
end;
CREATE OR REPLACE package body custom_tag as
procedure savecontent(s boolean default false, e boolean default false) is
begin
if s then
    buf := null;
    inside := true;
end if;
if e then
    inside := false;
end if;
end;
procedure getContent is
begin
htp.p_clob(buf);
end;
end;
CREATE OR REPLACE package htp is
htbuf_len int;
procedure prn(t varchar);
procedure p(t varchar);
procedure p_clob (z clob);
end;
CREATE OR REPLACE package body htp as
procedure prn(t varchar) is
begin
if custom_tag.inside then
    custom_tag.buf := concat(custom_tag.buf, t);
else
    sys.htp.prn(t);
end if;
end;
procedure p_clob (z clob) is
v_read_amount       integer   := 32767;
v_read_offset          integer    := 1;
v_buffer                 varchar2(32767);
begin
     begin
      loop
        dbms_lob.read(z,v_read_amount,v_read_offset,v_buffer);
        sys.htp.prn(v_buffer);
        v_read_offset := v_read_offset + v_read_amount;
        v_read_amount := 32767;
      end loop;
     exception
      when no_data_found then
         null;
     end;
     exception
      when others then
        raise; --null; --showHTMLdoc(p_id);
end;
procedure p(t varchar) is
begin
sys.htp.prn(t);
end;
end;
/Next save this as test.psp:
<%@ page language="PL/SQL"%>
<html>
<head><title>Test</title></head>
<body>
<h1>This is a test</h1>
<% custom_tag.savecontent(s=>true); %>
           This content is saved for later use
<% custom_tag.savecontent(e=>true); %>
   data..data..data..
<h3><% custom_tag.getcontent; %></h3>
</body>
</html>Now compile test.psp in dos with this:
loadpsp -replace -user scott/tiger@thedb test.psp
Then point your web broswser at test.
This is a the start of what I’m after. I would like to create a handful of tags to help with a few things.
Making a query tag custom tag will be challenging.
I have to figure out a way (if it’s possible) to take a query string and somehow be able to loop through the record set and reference the columns queried. Somehow do this without declaring a type or into variables.
Edited by: brian.mcginity on Feb 23, 2010 9:27 PM
Edited by: brian.mcginity on Feb 23, 2010 9:28 PM
Edited by: brian.mcginity on Feb 23, 2010 9:30 PM
Edited by: brian.mcginity on Feb 23, 2010 9:35 PM .... long day need some sleep :)
Edited by: brian.mcginity on Feb 23, 2010 9:40 PM

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Probably no help for this case, but good to know.
BTW, be careful with your extended search and replace on
CR/LF. If your lines don't end in a space and a CR/LF, you might
want to replace CR/LFs with a space. Otherwise the last word of one
line might be butted against the first word in the next line with
no space when the CR/LF is removed.
Of course that's not a great solution since it adds a lot of
spaces where you have CR/LFs, and you may not want them all
there...
There is a Remove Returns script that might be of use to you.
It's a lot more manual than you probably want for doing lots of
files.
http://www.wilk4.com/asp4hs/list5.htm#removereturns
let us know here if you find some better solution please,
good luck,
jeff

Find and Replace in RH HTML

After upgrading to RH8, all instances of "em dash" symbols in projects are now appearing incorrectly. When we insert the "em dash" symbol, we always eliminate any spaces before and after the symbol. All projects that have been upgraded to use RH8 now add a space after the symbol, which is incorrect.
I have also installed the RH updates and opened a project that had not been upgraded before the update installs...same problem.
Due to the size of the projects, I have tried using the Find and Replace feature within the HTML view; unfortunately, this did not work.
Has this issue been addressed with Adobe? I ran into a similar issue with the upgrade to RH7, where the HTML coding for em dashes would come through in the design view and final .chm output file. Does anyone know of a Find and Replace feature within RH that will allow me to remove every instance where a space appears after the em dash symbol? I have found the FAR tool but would like to avoid it if possible, as I have read it can corrupt RH files.

There was one other post recently about this but otherwise this problem had gone quiet so I don't know why you are seeing it in a project that was not opened before applying the patches.
So turning to FAR, it is not the program that corrupts files. It is what the user does with it. As we usually say, it can fix a project in minutes and wreck it in seconds. That is because the user has not thought about what the search might find. For example, you might search for "class" thinking about your topic content but of course FAR works a code level so it will remove all your style classes as well. That is where the corruption comes in, not the software itself. It's rather like blaming the car for the crash.
If you back up first, there is nothing to lose.
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