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AZJonnie

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7. It started yesterday actually, but yeah, it's very recent.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:22 PM
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You post a lot of articles, so I'm telling you how to avoid the problem so you won't have to manually do all that, friend

And yes, so you're familiar with the general idea that certain things don't persist when you edit or preview (i.e. there is a database round trip). This problem is a similar/related thing, and yes it must be caused by some very recent software update installed on DU (possibly a new JDBC driver version).

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All that garbage appeared when you previewed or edited your post AZJonnie Wednesday #1
It's only doing it for the single and double quote marks BumRushDaShow Wednesday #2
Yes, I know exactly what it is and why it's happening. AZJonnie Wednesday #3
It just started happening today BumRushDaShow Wednesday #4
It started yesterday actually, but yeah, it's very recent. AZJonnie Wednesday #7
Appreciate much BumRushDaShow Wednesday #10
I can paste this sentence from Word onto DU, with curly quotes and you'll see them just fine/normal AZJonnie Wednesday #5
It's not just the curly quotes but the single quote marks too BumRushDaShow Wednesday #6
Where did I say curly double quotes? I said curly quotes. Meaning either single or double. AZJonnie Wednesday #9
Thank you for clarifying BumRushDaShow Wednesday #11
Every font set supports a presentation of straight 'single' and "double quotes", and curly 'single' and "double quotes" AZJonnie Wednesday #12
There's a thread in the Community Help forum about this BumRushDaShow Wednesday #8
Maybe some of these republicans see something we don't: that our economy is going to be ugly by 2027... C Moon Thursday #13
Daines dropped out at the last minute because Trump was going to endorse Alme rpannier Thursday #14
Think Tester will run? Deminpenn Thursday #15
I don't think he can. I think the date for declaring is over rpannier Thursday #17
Thanks Deminpenn Thursday #18
It's too bad they're too stupid to see that, if you don't vote for Republicans, the economy will likely stay strong Aristus Thursday #16
Lawsuit! RussBLib Yesterday #19
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