In a text area on a web page I type three line, pressing the Enter key
at the end of each line

Line1
Line2
Line3

I then save this using adodb to a firebird text blob field.
If I use a database utility to view the data in the database, it
appears as I have typed it, but whne I retreive the data, and display
it again in a text area I get

Line1<br />
Line2<br />
Line3

Any ideas why?