I define my textareas like this (perl cgi scritps):
$portdesc
Note the WRAP="SOFT" flag
I then simply insert the users information into the mysql table and when it
is called up in the HTML form, it retains its carriage returns.
You do need to ensure that quotes are handled correctly.
>Current
On Thursday 04 October 2001 06:48, Neil Silvester wrote:
> Currently I am using a standard field for information
> input to the MySQL database. When I display the allready information in the
> text fields to allow the user to manipulte the information, the formatting
> includes any carrige return