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    <p>Is it OK to store HTML in MongoDB? Are there disadvantages? Are there better alternatives?</p> <p>I'm a bit new to JSON, but I'm planning migrate my WordPress site to a custom meteor/mongodb site.</p> <p>In WordPress our "Posts" are essentially product records, and the "main content" is the product's description. These descriptions contain some HTML markup, such as "strong" tags, break tags, and href hyperlinks.</p> <pre><code>&lt;p&gt;Who hasn't wished for a mini-Roomba to handle the arduous task of cleaning their iPhone screen? Now your dreams have come true! See the Takara web page for a &lt;a href="http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/automee/" title="automee s" target="_blank"&gt;demo video.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Colors: &lt;/strong&gt; White, Red, Orange and Blue Runs on a single AA battery.&lt;br&gt; 1,575 yen&lt;/p&gt; </code></pre> <p>Unlike XML, JSON lacks something like CDATA. Is it a bad idea to try and put HTML in my JSON-style doc description field? Are there special escape characters for doing this? Or should I store the HTML product description as a external, static file? Or are there other best practices? </p> <pre><code>{ '_id':'236', 'name':'Tokyo Marui M9A1 Gas Blow Back Airsoft Gun', 'description':'&lt;p&gt;html here?&lt;/p&gt;', 'tags': ['toys','outdoors'] ... } </code></pre> <p>Any tip, advice, links appreciated! </p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p> <p>Sample product description text added.</p> <p><strong>EDIT2</strong></p> <p>I found this stackoverflow article: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12139656/how-to-store-html-data-in-mongodb">How to store HTML data in MongoDB?</a></p> <p>and another on google <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mongodb-user/HW5XB5yox20" rel="noreferrer">https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mongodb-user/HW5XB5yox20</a></p> <p>They seem to say it should be fine. But there isn't much discussion, so just seeking more confirmation.</p> <p><strong>Edit3</strong></p> <p>additional reference <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mongodb-user/0m8KJ7mPWiQ" rel="noreferrer">https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mongodb-user/0m8KJ7mPWiQ</a></p>
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