You could try enclosing the string in <pre> </pre> tags before printing it. ax > > i know there is a simple answer to this but i'm not sure how > to do this in > JSP...i want to suppress html and display the literal > characters if the user > inputs tag references in my input box...because when i > display it, it'll > come out as HTML diplayed (e.g., <hr> will show the HTML line > on the display > output)....what's the JSP tag syntax to show the literal tag or text > statement (e.g., i want to display <hr> if the user enters it) =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
