So here is my issue. I have some text fields that can store HTML formatted data in SFDC. For example "<strong>Test</strong>". What I need to do is get a character count of the non HTML characters in that field. So for our example I want to know that there is 5 char in it not 22 char.

I can do this in Javascript by using a regular expression:

var re= /<\S[^>]*>/g; var test = "<strong>Test</strong> test = test .replace(re,"");

Thanks in advance!

Wondering if anyone else is having issues with the MapQuest for appexchange app? It used to work fine but earlier this year it started throwing a number of errors.

"mapquest for appexchange exception: error making SQL connection" is the latest.

Tried to contact their support but no one returns emails. Anybody have any insight into this? Thanks in advance!

Sorry to ask this question again but it seems that I cannot find a consistent/accurate answer on the boards. I am trying to find out two things:

1. It appears that Salesforce.com would like us to use the Customer portal as our authentication method for Sites. However, some form of authentication could be created using APEX/VF/Cookies/Etc. Is creating another form of authentication to display user specific information a violation of the terms of service? Or is it simply not supported?

2. If it is a "violation" what is the pricing model for customer portal? I have read per login, per seat, etc? I know the response to this will be "contact your sales rep". But as a partner our clients are different sizes and deal with multiple sales reps. I am just looking for the overall model and some off the shelf ballpark pricing so I can share that with our clients. 

Any feedback/direction/help would be greatly appreciated!

Okay...so I have been trying for a couple of hours now to create a nested list that contains three sobjects...and cannot get it working. At this point I think I am simply running into a syntax issue. Checked in the docs but they were not very helpful. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Essentially what I need to create is a nested List that has the following structure (Forgive me for bad syntax):

LIST<Accounts List<Contacts List<Tasks associated with those contacts>>>

Or in English:

Accounts with all contacts and all tasks associated with those contacts.

It would be a simple task in Javascript/S-Control...but I cannot seem to make the conceptual leap to APEX on this one

Any help/insight/samples would be greatly appreciated.

public HTML_Object__c getHTMLText() {
      
        HTML_Object__c HTMLText= [select  from HTML_Object__c Where SOME CONDITION IS TRUE]; 
   
  return HTMLText;
    }     

{!HTMLText.HTML_output__c}

The problem is it displays the HTML as HTML. So if I had "<strong>Test</strong>" stored in the field it would display exactly that and not "test".

Any one know if I can do this?? Thanks in advance

Hello all-

i am trying to write my first Apex trigger and deploy it to a production org and am missing something. I have written the Trigger to do what I want but cannot see m to figure out how to write the unit tests for this and then deploy it to an org. I have gone over the documentation all day and still am hitting my head against a wall. Wondering if anyone would be so kind as to help me understand what the unit tests for a simple script like this would look like? I would be very greatful...or at least point me in the direction of a simple hello world example?

Code:
trigger UpdateOpportunityLastActivityDate on Event (before insert, before update) {

for (Event e : Trigger.new) {
 
     Opportunity[] opp = [select id from opportunity where id= :e.WhatId];
     opp[0].Next_Activity_Date__c = e.ActivityDate;
     update opp;
     
    }

}

 
Thanks in advance for any help/direction.

Sorry to ask this question again but it seems that I cannot find a consistent/accurate answer on the boards. I am trying to find out two things:

1. It appears that Salesforce.com would like us to use the Customer portal as our authentication method for Sites. However, some form of authentication could be created using APEX/VF/Cookies/Etc. Is creating another form of authentication to display user specific information a violation of the terms of service? Or is it simply not supported?

2. If it is a "violation" what is the pricing model for customer portal? I have read per login, per seat, etc? I know the response to this will be "contact your sales rep". But as a partner our clients are different sizes and deal with multiple sales reps. I am just looking for the overall model and some off the shelf ballpark pricing so I can share that with our clients. 

Any feedback/direction/help would be greatly appreciated!

public HTML_Object__c getHTMLText() {
      
        HTML_Object__c HTMLText= [select  from HTML_Object__c Where SOME CONDITION IS TRUE]; 
   
  return HTMLText;
    }     

{!HTMLText.HTML_output__c}

The problem is it displays the HTML as HTML. So if I had "<strong>Test</strong>" stored in the field it would display exactly that and not "test".

Any one know if I can do this?? Thanks in advance

Hello all-

i am trying to write my first Apex trigger and deploy it to a production org and am missing something. I have written the Trigger to do what I want but cannot see m to figure out how to write the unit tests for this and then deploy it to an org. I have gone over the documentation all day and still am hitting my head against a wall. Wondering if anyone would be so kind as to help me understand what the unit tests for a simple script like this would look like? I would be very greatful...or at least point me in the direction of a simple hello world example?

Code:
trigger UpdateOpportunityLastActivityDate on Event (before insert, before update) {

for (Event e : Trigger.new) {
 
     Opportunity[] opp = [select id from opportunity where id= :e.WhatId];
     opp[0].Next_Activity_Date__c = e.ActivityDate;
     update opp;
     
    }

}

 
Thanks in advance for any help/direction.

When I connect Eclipse 3.0 to our sandbox I get the following error message :

AxisFault: null: Duplicate retrieve names specified for package 'Mass Update Contact Address 1%2E0'

null: Duplicate retrieve

I have deleted the custom S control “Mass update Contact address” and I still get the same error message .

The salesforce Schema seems to be partially loaded I can only see one s-control