Template Toolkit and databases

[Stray Toaster]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 06:03:07PM +0100, Andrew McFarland wrote:
> I'm about to build a database to work in conjunction with Template Toolkit 
> to output a set of static HTML pages. All the pages will have a standard 
> header, some content, and then a standard footer.
> 
> I'm unsure of the best way of putting the content into the database. At the 
> moment it could conceivably be any HTML that can legally go in the body of 
> an HTML 4.01 strict document. Should I just put all the content - tags and 
> all - into one field in the database?
> 
> I want to have the content completely separate from the layout, but I also 
> want to be as flexible and as future proof as possible. Any thoughts anyone?
> 
> Andrew
> 

Ah, but here is where I put in my love of the CGI object.....

Go on, use the CGI object. It rules. I wouldn't put the content into
the database....

I am tired, else I would speak more on it.....and might later on!

m.



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> 

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