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August 28, 2006
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Display html as text in textarea...

  • August 28, 2006
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Ive got a textarea on a form, that when submitted I replace the carriage returns with <BR> just before it is save into the database like below....
<cfset comments=Replace(comments,Chr(13),"<BR>","ALL")>

But when retrieving what is saved I want to diplay it in the textarea again, but without the <br>'s. Is there a function I can use to display what's in the textarea as html?

So...instead of this...

Test<br><br>test

...I want this within the text area.....

Test

Test

I tried to reverse my initial replace function but didn't have any luck. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Dustin
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    Correct answer KCPLCF
    That worked thanks.

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    Grizzly9279
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    August 28, 2006
    Try using chr(10) (newline) instead of chr(13) (carriage return) for both the initial replace(), and the "undo" replace().
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    KCPLCFAuthorCorrect answer
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    August 28, 2006
    That worked thanks.
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