Re: Simple question?

From: Clifton Wood <cbwood_at_vt.edu>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 16:24:22 -0400
Message-ID: <375D7BF6.C1F9E8D5@vt.edu>

Wassim 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..

Wassim:

Even though HTML provides you with closing tags for most elements, many of them
are NOT necessary (except if you are on older browsers). So

<P>This is a paragraph.</P><P>This is another paragraph.</P>

Is the same as

<P>This is a paragraph.<P>This is another paragraph.

The same holds true with the <OPTION> tag. Actually, if you needed to close tags, I
would just do:

htp.print ( '</P>' ) whenever necessary rather than creating more stored procedures.
Hope this helps.

• Cliff

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Clifton B. Wood
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