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Clue: Ground Zero

_Maxxx_9-Sep-15 1:42

9-Sep-15 1:42

marasma?

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Tim Carmichael9-Sep-15 1:46

9-Sep-15 1:46

No... I will give it a bit and then post another clue if needed.

_Maxxx_9-Sep-15 1:53

9-Sep-15 1:53

toronto

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Tim Carmichael9-Sep-15 1:56

9-Sep-15 1:56

And you are up....

Well done.

_Maxxx_9-Sep-15 1:58

9-Sep-15 1:58

Dammit! What did I go and do that for Smile | :)

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Tim Carmichael9-Sep-15 2:01

9-Sep-15 2:01

Because you're a sucker for punishment?

super9-Sep-15 2:13

super

9-Sep-15 2:13

I am little confused with the clue "Ground Zero" and the answer Toronto.

cheers,

Super

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jsc429-Sep-15 2:34

jsc42

9-Sep-15 2:34

super wrote:
I am little confused with the clue "Ground Zero" and the answer Toronto.

So am I. I had assumed that it was related to events 14 years less 2 days ago.

Tim Carmichael9-Sep-15 2:38

9-Sep-15 2:38

Ahhh.. I understand the potential source of confusion.
Personally, my wife was a nurse in Upstate New York when it happened; she was mobilized and sent there to assist with trauma. Because of that, we don't talk about it or really think about it... she'd rather than relive those memories.

Tim Carmichael9-Sep-15 2:36

9-Sep-15 2:36

Code Project is based out of Toronto, so Toronto is their ground zero.

RTek239-Sep-15 6:21

RTek23

9-Sep-15 6:21

Umm, I thought it was because most of Toronto(ians) believes it is the centre of the known universe Laugh | :laugh:

Ken

Tim Carmichael9-Sep-15 7:12

Sort of programming question-ish...

9-Sep-15 7:12

That might be... I've been there, but only for a season... never 'lived' there per se, and certainly not from there.

Sander Rossel9-Sep-15 0:19

9-Sep-15 0:19

So not an actual programming question, but very much related to programming.
Maybe more of a rant something.

I'm working on a web project and I need to send some HTML back to the server, let's say "<p>HTML & ENCODING</p>"
So if I do that I get an error, potentially dangerous request... Fine.
How to fix this? I can disable the check, which isn't very safe.
I can escape the string so I get "& lt;p& gt;HTML & amp; ECODING& lt;/p& gt;", but there's no standard function for that.
I found the JavaScript escape function, but that's deprecated.
I found encodeURI or something, but that's, as the name implies, not for HTML.
So we web developers are left with a string replace...
But what to replace? Some people say replace < and >, others say you really need to replace & too and then there's people who say ' and " need replacement.
And then there are (non-standard) libraries that replace just about everything (!, @, #, $, Hebrew, Chinese... etc.).

Why is there no standard function for this?
It's ridiculous as it's indeed as simple as a string replace, but not so simple to know exactly what to replace...
Am I missing something or is ECMA/ISO/Eich (whatever) missing something? Confused | :confused:

For now I'll just replace <, >, &, ' and ", but I won't enjoy doing it...

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Nicholas Marty9-Sep-15 0:42

Nicholas Marty

9-Sep-15 0:42

In my opinion the cleanest way to do this is to disable the check.
You can disable it for a single control (.NET 4.5 +) or a single page if you don't want to disable it for everything.
The check is just there to prevent sending potentially malicious data to applications that don't need it (which probably covers most applications).

If you don't want to do that, I'd probably base64 encode the data.

Sander Rossel9-Sep-15 1:27

9-Sep-15 1:27

Nicholas Marty wrote:
If you don't want to do that, I'd probably base64 encode the data.

Smart, haven't seen that one yet Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

So far I've got five unofficial and zero official solutions to this problem Laugh | :laugh:

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Sep-15 0:45

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

9-Sep-15 0:45

I think jQuery can help you there (and even you had not ask a strict programming question I answer it as one)...
You can use a combination of text() and html() methods...

This will encode HTML (value):

JavaScript

return $('<div/>').text(value).html();

and this will decode:

JavaScript

return $('<div/>').html(value).text();

I left it for you too go and read the reference pages...

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Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Sander Rossel9-Sep-15 1:21

9-Sep-15 1:21

That helps and I just so happen to have jQuery available Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 1:00

Jörgen Andersson

9-Sep-15 1:00

Try

JavaScript

function htmlEncode( html ) {
    return document.createElement( 'a' ).appendChild( 
        document.createTextNode( html ) ).parentNode.innerHTML;
};

for pure javascript.

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Sander Rossel9-Sep-15 1:25

9-Sep-15 1:25

That helps too, which is the fifth unofficial method to solving this problem Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 1:35

Jörgen Andersson

9-Sep-15 1:35

I would use one of the other methods though, this ugly piece I would use only as a last resort.

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programming question

_Maxxx_9-Sep-15 1:08

9-Sep-15 1:08

No ish about it, really

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Re: programming question

Sander Rossel9-Sep-15 1:19

9-Sep-15 1:19

I never asked for it to be solved as there are obviously multiple ways to go about it and I've mentioned two.
And then other people mentioned more.
It's more of a frustration rant about why there is no official standard solution for this problem Smile | :)

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Re: programming question

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Sep-15 1:21

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

9-Sep-15 1:21

Do not make excuses! Stand against the wall!

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Re: programming question

Sander Rossel9-Sep-15 1:28