[ic] limit text output on table query

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Philip S. Hempel)]

Kevin Walsh wrote:
>>I looked through the mail list and docs and
>>I seem to not find anything on how to
>>limit text from a query on a table
>>
>>I would like to have is the ability to display
>>a few lines (characters) from our comment table
>>something like a teaser of sorts without having to
>>modify anything for the item.
>>
> 
> It sounds like you need the [filter] tag.
> 
> [filter 10]There is a lot of text here[/filter]   --> There is a
> [filter 10.]There is a lot of text here[/filter]  --> There is a...
> 
> There's also an [item-filter], [loop-filter] and any other sort of
> [PREFIX-filter] you can think of.
> 

http://interchange.redhat.com/pipermail/interchange-users/2002-May/021681.html


I used the filter as well as the text chop suggestion from Rene Hertell
and it works very well!

Thanks for the help.

I had no idea that the filter command was as powerfull as that.

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