Keep Text Formatting In Sql

I have a text area that inserts its content into a SQL table. Is there a way to keep the formatting of the text and then use it in HTML?

Solution 1:

I'll assume you're talking about preserving line breaks.

Either:

Output the text inside a <pre> tag

or

Convert newlines to <br /> tags before insertion to the DB. (E.g. nl2br in PHP).

Solution 2:

If you mean keep the Enters then replace the char 10 and char 13 with <br/>

When using SQL (note the enters)

select replace(' 
test
test','
','<br/>')

This results in <br/>test<br/>test

Solution 3:

Text is text is text. Insert the text into the table including its markup and it will come out that way as well.

...or am I misunderstanding your question?