How to force breaking of non breakable strings?

Question

I have an HTML page that I generate from the data contained in a database. The database sometimes contains long strings that the browser can\'t break because the strings don\'t

Answer 1

I'm answering my own question here...

Based on your answers, I came up with this solution (thanks to @CMS in this question for his help).

This script breaks any word that is more than 30 characters long by inserting a space at the 31st position.

Here is the fixed version: link

I have one problem left, I'd rather insert a ­ then a space. But the assigning node.nodeValue or node.textContent causes the insertion of the text ­ not the tag.

I'll wait a few days before I accept this answer in case someone comes up with a simpler solution.

Thanks