# Limit the text ouput

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/limit-the-text-ouput/220342>\
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**Created:** [March 25, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/limit-the-text-ouput/220342 "2007-03-25T12:33:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![GeTSm0keD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@GeTSm0keD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GeTSm0keD)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/limit-the-text-ouput/220342/1 "2007-03-25T12:33:22Z")

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hey,

how would I go about limiting the text display from a database?

an example would be on alot of blogs,  
how a blog message would be really long,

but on the main blog listing page,  
it just has some teaser test,

today I went to the mall, meet this girl, and she totaly blew my… READ MORE.

like that ^^

I dunno if this is a coldfusion thing or not,  
but i’m developing in CF so…