# Showing textarea in correct format

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/showing-textarea-in-correct-format/88442>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 11, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/showing-textarea-in-correct-format/88442 "2007-03-11T03:53:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/showing-textarea-in-correct-format/88442/1 "2007-03-11T03:53:26Z")

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I used tinyMCE to let my users enter text at a textarea and store those  
texts into database. it is working.

but I have no idea to show them, each time I show them as html code,  
like

some texts

Another text

can I show them in correct format? like

some texts  
Another text

Thanks.