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Input from <TEXTAREA>

mycoolross posted this at 20:47 — 14th August 2003.

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Hey guys!

I am receiving input from a text area. The input could be up to 1000 words. I am then inserting the input into a database.

The problem occurs when I display the input on an HTML page.
All of the line breaks are gone and all of the text is jumbled.

Any ideas?

BTW I am using ASP.

Thanks,

Mike

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mairving posted this at 20:54 — 14th August 2003.

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use nl2br() which will insert a < BR> everytime it encounters a carriage return.

Oops, that is for PHP. Sorry I am not an ASP programmer.

Mark Hensler posted this at 01:48 — 15th August 2003.

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strText = Replace(strText, vbCrLf, "<br />" & vbCrLf)
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