Strip HTML from Text

[tshad]

Is there an easy way to strip HTML tags from Text to get just the plain
text?

I am using a program called FreeTextBox that lets you format Text in a
TextBox. It does this by adding HTML tags (<b>, <u>,<span> etc) to the
code.

The problem is that it is a problem since I am putting the text in a
varChar(8000). The HTML adds a lot characters to the text. I can change
this to a Text field in Sql, but you can do a FullText search on a Text
field (plus I don't really want the tags in a Text Search).

Is there some filtering mechanism that would strip the HTML from a text
field?

Thanks,

Tom

[Juan T. Llibre]

Here's a complete sample :

http://www.experience247.com/srcview...mlIn.cs&font=3

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"tshad" <ts**********@ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
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Is there an easy way to strip HTML tags from Text to get just the plain text?

I am using a program called FreeTextBox that lets you format Text in a TextBox. It does this by
adding HTML tags (<b>, <u>,<span> etc) to the code.

The problem is that it is a problem since I am putting the text in a varChar(8000). The HTML adds
a lot characters to the text. I can change this to a Text field in Sql, but you can do a FullText
search on a Text field (plus I don't really want the tags in a Text Search).

Is there some filtering mechanism that would strip the HTML from a text field?

Thanks,

Tom

[tshad]

That does what I was looking for.

Thanks,

Tom
"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Here's a complete sample :

http://www.experience247.com/srcview...mlIn.cs&font=3

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
aspnetfaq.com : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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"tshad" <ts**********@ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Is there an easy way to strip HTML tags from Text to get just the plain
text?

I am using a program called FreeTextBox that lets you format Text in a
TextBox. It does this by adding HTML tags (<b>, <u>,<span> etc) to the
code.

The problem is that it is a problem since I am putting the text in a
varChar(8000). The HTML adds a lot characters to the text. I can change
this to a Text field in Sql, but you can do a FullText search on a Text
field (plus I don't really want the tags in a Text Search).

Is there some filtering mechanism that would strip the HTML from a text
field?

Thanks,

Tom