ROB — Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:25:03 +0000

yes, as Busy said rather than disallowing characters which is sure to annoy the hell out of anyone who tries to post, just convert risky characters into entities.

you can get make a list of character codes simply by doing this (assuming php):

<?php
for($i=0; $i<=1000; ++$i):
    echo \"&amp;#$i = &#$i<BR>\n\";
endfor;
?>

Busy — Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:30:52 +0000

you can convert them in a function before hand (or use ASP, PHP etc)

> = >
< = <
...

if you need the list of special characters I have one on my html site, link in sig (page = special characters)