[Resolved] Displaying text/returns

[ShotokanTuning]

Hello I'm writing a ASP webaplication. I'm using a Access database.

In that database I have a Table that has 1 field with DataType Memo.

In this Memo field, there are sentenses that are sometimes ended with a return (linebreak).

What do I do to display this field properly?

This gets me the correct data:

<%=rsComplaint("Description")%>

When I put that on a webpage, as normal text, it writes all the sentenses behind each other and it ignores the returns (linebreaks).

But when I put it in a <textarea><%=rsComplaint("Description")%></textarea> it does show the sentenses and the returns correctly.

Now my problem is I just want to display it without the textarea, or if it has to be in a textarea, the textarea should be the correct size for the displayed text (not too big not too small.), without editting or scrolling options in the textarea.

Editting can be disabled with <textarea disabled=true> </textarea>

Current code:

<TD colspan=11 style='font-size:10.0pt;padding:0cm 0.0pt 0cm 0.0pt'><textarea disabled=true cols="80" rows="auto" name="description"><%=rsComplaint("Description")%></textarea></TD>

rows="auto" doesn't work. But something like that would be nice or better yet, a way without the textarea thing.

Thanx a lot, I've tried and tried...

[Danial]

<%
dim descr

descr = rsComplaint("Description")

descr = replace(descr, vbCrlf, "<BR>")

Response.Write descr

%>

that will do the trick.

Danial

[ShotokanTuning]

Thank you Danial.

It works great.

That's one for my code book.

Thanks again.

Don.