New line char in a text area field on DISPLAY

Rails
1

I have a text_area to accept upto 1000 chars, which is stored as a blob
in mysql. When I try to display the saved data, I dont see the new line
characters - however I could see the newline characters in EDIT MODE. So
my newline char is lost during displaying. Any ideas how to fix it.
thanks
thila

2

newlines are not rendered in html except within certain tags. they
have to be converted to breaks or paragraph tags.

try

<%= simple_format(your_text) -%>

Chris

3

Chris H. wrote:

newlines are not rendered in html except within certain tags. they
have to be converted to breaks or paragraph tags.

try

<%= simple_format(your_text) -%>

Chris

Thanks for the info. It also helped me out. :slight_smile:
BTW, I’m also wondering if there is any function or plugin that
recognizes URL link within the text?

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On Sep 29, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Jay L. wrote:

Thanks for the info. It also helped me out. :slight_smile:
BTW, I’m also wondering if there is any function or plugin that
recognizes URL link within the text?

Yep, it is called auto_link.

– fxn