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Re: Simple question?

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 19:34:58 GMT
Message-ID: <37677012.27384967@newshost.us.oracle.com>


A copy of this was sent to Wassim <net2000_at_francemel.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Tue, 08 Jun 1999 18:14:39 GMT, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>Why there's no '</P>' and '</OPTION>' .. in HTP, and HTF Packages??
>(PL/SQL, OWS) Have i to use htp.print('</P>') each time or doing this by
>creating a stored procedure ?
>I really don't know why Oracle did forget them..
>
>
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>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

because </p> and </option> (like </li> and many others) are not needed at all. they are not container tags.

when htp was written -- they were not even allowed in html. it is only relatively recently that </p> is accepted. It is still *never* needed.

See http://www.oracle.com/ideveloper/ for my column 'Digging-in to Oracle8i'... Mirrored (and more current) at http://govt.us.oracle.com/~tkyte/

Current article is "Fine Grained Access Control", added June 8'th  

Thomas Kyte                   tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Service Industries     Reston, VA   USA
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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 14:34:58 CDT

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