How can I display formatted html stored in database?

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I've been searching the net for days for a way to store and view (retrieve) formatted documents.

It was my understanding that one could:

A: store a formatted document (With pure html like you get from copying gmail text) in sql server (a datatype of 'Text').

B: then output it again to a label or textbox and it would have the same formatting (Bold, carriage returns, etc).

I've accomplished part A, (when I hover over the field in SSMS, it shows at least the spacing and line skips that match the original doc) but text shows up in my controls as one fluid line of plain text, even with the textbox set to multiline. Labels populate no better.

I'm using C# asp.net in Visual Studio with the 2.0 framework

Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks in advance!

Posted 7-Feb-10 12:07pm

Brian Fay

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I will need to familiarize myself with the Literal Control. Any hints on how to use it. I'll look it up in the mean time.

Posted 8-Feb-10 3:32am

Brian Fay

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Posted 19 hours ago
Christian had it right! Thanks!

I looked up 'literal control' and that was all I needed:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=618

Posted 8-Feb-10 7:17am

Brian Fay

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Christian Graus · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-07T12:12:00

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Brian Fay wrote:
B: then output it again to a label or textbox and it would have the same formatting (Bold, carriage returns, etc).

No, you'd use a Literal control to do that.

Posted 7-Feb-10 12:12pm

Christian Graus

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