HTML TextArea into MySQL and back again

Hi guys,

I need to find a way to insert HTML text into a MySQL column/table.

Once added, I'll need to be able to present the data in the correct format on another page.

1. Is there an HTML textarea plugin or control, a simpler version of the one on this forum (font, size, bold, colour, italics, etc.), that I can add to the default 'plain text' textarea?

2. What is the correct in MySQL column TYPE to use?

3. How do you reformat the HTML 'tags' to present the data in the correct way?