html code as cdata stopped working!?!!

html code as cdata stopped working!?!!

we have been using this code for years:

  1. <FL val="CustomField1"><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.domain.com/page.asp?var=123456 target=_blank>click here</a>]]>
yesterday we started seeing "&lt;a href=...." stored in the zoho fields.

since i haven't changed anything, that leads me to believe that something has changed on the zoho backend.

#1 can a developer please confirm / deny this issue.

#2 if confirmed, then please provide an example / work-around so that we can continue to embed HTML tags in zoho form elements.

cheers,
-e