When I go to get the data out of the database I loose all the formatting
done in the original textarea.

for example:
This is a formatting test.
   1. test one
   2. test two

This would be retrieved like this:

 This is a formatting test.1. test one2. test two

From a------  Response.Write "<td ><%=RS.Fields('Message').Value%></td>"

How do I retain the original format of the submitted text?

Thanks in Advance!

Chris

2) when you put it in the database
recordSet("notes") = Trim(request.form("notes"))

3) When you display it on a web page you need to convert all <CR><LF>
characters to HTML <br> tags for it to display as entered in the
<Textarea>  Use this:

response.write Replace(  recordSet("notes"), VbCrLf, "<br>")

Hope this helps!

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:43:54 -0500, "Christopher J. Calhoun"