multiple link styles without classes?

<a href="link">blah</a>

> I have a site that pulls half its content from a database. Text that
> will have links in it, that I won't be able to alter. They'll all be
> like
> But I want to give links within this database pulled text to have a
> different style than the rest of the page.
>
> Here's a couple of ways I can think of to do it, but I'd like to know
> if there's a better way.
>
> Set up a style for the generic link which will affect those pulled
> from the database, and then in all the static links on the page, use a
> separate class.
> Use PHP to replace
> <a href...
> with
> <a class="blah" href...
>
> Is there some other way that would be better?

<div id="stuffFromDatabase">

</div>

This will make any <a> inside that <div> block appear with the style

need to add any class information to the <a> tags themselves.

<div class="stuffFromDatabase">

</div>

<div class="stuffFromDatabase">

</div>

> ...

<div class="stuffFromDatabase" > on the same page. As we don't _need_

> On Sat, 21 May 2005 09:26:58 +1200, Chris Hope
> > ...
> That's the neat way to do it, although personally I'd make one

> Rather than an id "stuffFromDatabase" I'd make that a class (so

> .stuffFromDatabase a { } in the CSS too).