Force multi line field value to output with line breaks?

[bernadou]

I have a field value that might look like this in the db
First Line
Second Line
Third Line

When I query the data and output that data to a label in my gridveiw it
looks like this:
First Line Second Line Third Line

How to I insert HTML formatting into the label text so it will render in the
same fashion it was entered in the db?

Or in other words, render with "<BR>" tags in place of the line breaks in
the data?

Thanks!
B

 

[Phillip Williams]

Hello again Bernie,

You can use Environment.NewLine with the Replace method like this:

<asp:label runat="Server" ID="lblNotes" Text='<%#
Eval("fldNodes").ToString().Replace(Environment.NewLine, "<br>")
%>'></asp:label>

 

[bernadou]

Phillip,
Once again you nailed it. I"ll give this a shot. Much appreciated.