Retrieving formatted text from mysql database

Hi,

I have a column of datatype 'text' in mysql table. I insert text using a textarea in a jsp page, like:

Hi this is Shashank.
Glad to meet you.

Bye.

When I retrieve the data, it comes out like 'Hi this is Shashank. Glad to meet you. Bye.' in a single line. Will anybody please guide me how I can maintain the text format that was put into the database and display it in the same format?

Thanks in advance.
Shashank

Shashank,
There are two places where the formatting could be getting lost:

1) Between submitting it and storing it in the database
2) Between retrieving it and painting the page

Do you know which of the two is causing the problem. In any case, this is likely to be an HTML question rather than a database one so I'll move it to our HTML forum.

All you said was "it comes out like...". You didn't say "When I displayed it in a text area it looked like..." so I'm guessing you didn't display it in a text area. So it would be useful to know what tool you WERE using when you displayed it.

You are right.

So far I was trying to display the records from database in a html table. Now I retrieved it in a text area, the format was perfect. So that means the formatted text itself is saved in the database. Do you have any idea if the display is not in a text area, but simply in a paragraph like how to get the formatted text?

Regards,
Shashank