> -----Original Message-----
> 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?

It would seem that the browser is encoding your cr/lf to html <br> (line
break), you should encode/decode the html before displaying in a website.
This is not something that FB is doing.

OOI what are you using for the web code, php, C# etc, and what browser are
you using?

Rgds

Si Carter
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