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[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Mike Heins)]

Quoting Ron Phipps (rphipps@reliant-solutions.com):
> > From: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com
> [mailto:interchange-
> > users-admin@interchange.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike Heins
> > 
> > Quoting Ron Phipps (rphipps@reliant-solutions.com):
> > > > From: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com
> > > [mailto:interchange-
> > > > users-admin@interchange.redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> john711685@yahoo.com
> > > >
> > > > You need to change </a> to [/page], to complete the tag
> > > > E.g.
> > > >
> > > > [page mfgname/index.html]Looky Here[/page]
> > >
> > > Actually I think [/page] expands to </A> and either can be used.
> I'm
> > > pretty sure his issue is with interpolating data that is in the
> > > database.  Hopefully [pragma safe_data] fixes that :)
> > 
> > No, [/page] is different -- it is just substituted en-masse at the
> > same time variables are substituted.
> > 
> 
> Hey Mike,
> 
> I thought [/page] and </a> were equivalent and that on large pages </a>
> should be used for a small performance gain.  At least that's what I
> read before I posted :)
> 

That is absolutely correct. Except that [/page] will not be interpolated
from the contents of a database.

If you never use [/page], you will be better off.
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