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Line breaks in the field - how can I see them?
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Other
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SQL Server:
SQL Server 2005
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Thread ID:
01293940
Message ID:
01293944
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>Hi everybody,
>
>I have a varchar(1000) field for the Description. On the front end (ASP.NET page) I type info with line breaks. In the SQL Server I see line breaks as spaces when I open table or when I do a select.
>
>Is there anyway to see the actual content on the field?
>
>Somewhere in between saving this file and generating a new page with the description the line breaks disappear.
>
>Thanks in advance.

What happens if you SELECT that field that way:
SELECT REPLACE(YourField, CHAR(13)+CHAR(10),'~~')
       FROM YourTable
Did you see any '~~' in the result?
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
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