about displaying data in datalist control

[Yoshitha]

hi
I have datalist control in my ASP.NET application
the problem here is
i have used a textbox with multiline true propertly when i enter data like

"fdjsfhjksdhfjsdfhsdjhfsdfhsdjfhsd
jfdsjfksdjfksdjkfjsdfjksdjfsdjfd
fdsfhjsdhfjsdhfjf dsjf dsjfhjsdfhjksdh d fdsjf
hsdjkfhdjsfhsdjfh ds
fdsf dshfjdhsjfhsdjhfjsdh fds
dsjfh sdfhdsfjdshfjhdsfds"

it is storing as it is ...when i displaying in the datalist like this
Dim con As New

OleDbConnection("provider=sqloledb;server=localhos t;database=tempdb;trusted_
connection=Yes")
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles

MyBase.Load
Dim da As New OleDbDataAdapter("select * from Message", con)
Dim ds As New DataSet
da.Fill(ds, "Message")
dltMessages.DataSource = ds
dltMessages.DataBind()
End Sub
it is showing in a single line it is not displaying in paragrah wise .......

how to display data in data list as it is.
Please help me ....

thanx in advance
yoshitha

[Brock Allen]

You should call String.Replace("\r\n", "<br/>") -- replace the CrLf with
HTML breaks.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
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> hi
> I have datalist control in my ASP.NET application
> the problem here is
> i have used a textbox with multiline true propertly when i enter data
> like
> "fdjsfhjksdhfjsdfhsdjhfsdfhsdjfhsd
> jfdsjfksdjfksdjkfjsdfjksdjfsdjfd
> fdsfhjsdhfjsdhfjf dsjf dsjfhjsdfhjksdh d fdsjf
> hsdjkfhdjsfhsdjfh ds
> fdsf dshfjdhsjfhsdjhfjsdh fds
> dsjfh sdfhdsfjdshfjhdsfds"
> it is storing as it is ...when i displaying in the datalist like this
> Dim con As New
>
> OleDbConnection("provider=sqloledb;server=localhos t;database=tempdb;tr
> usted_
> connection=Yes")
> Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles
> MyBase.Load
> Dim da As New OleDbDataAdapter("select * from Message", con)
> Dim ds As New DataSet
> da.Fill(ds, "Message")
> dltMessages.DataSource = ds
> dltMessages.DataBind()
> End Sub
> it is showing in a single line it is not displaying in paragrah wise
> .......
> how to display data in data list as it is.
> Please help me ....
> thanx in advance
> yoshitha