Simple to use Server Behavior for ASP VBScript that helps you easily consume RSS Feeds on your webpages. Please see the help file online for details of what this extension does, how to use it and a demo page.

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Tutorials

Show first [x] characters

You need to use the LEFT function in VBScript or the substring method of the String function in JavaScript.

VBScript
<%=LEFT(rsName.Fields.Item("MemoColumn").Value,100)%>

JavaScript
<%
var myString = (rsName.Fields.Item("MemoColumn").Value)
document.write(myString.substring(0,100))
%>

Notes

rsName is the name of your recordset
MemoColumn is the name of the column in your database that contains the text you only want the first [x] characters of.
This code goes in the BODY of the page in the place you want to display the text.
If you only wanted the first 20 characters, you should replace 100 in the code with 20.

You could combine this with the Maintain line breaks tutorial to make sure any line breaks in the first 100 characters are maintained.