Jay Fitzgerald wrote: > displays fine now -- thanks for that help so far -- but the problem now > (this may be normal, but I am not sure) is when I connect to the db and > "select * from jobs;" the db is writing the entries like this: > > =================== > mysql> select * from jobs; > >+----+----------+----------+--------+---------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+--------+----------+ > | id | position | opendate | salary | appdate | > duties | examples | training | skills | benefits | > >+----+----------+----------+--------+---------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+--------+----------+ > | 1 | test | test | test | test | 1 > 2 > 3 > > 4 > 5 > 6 > > 7 > 8 > 9 | test | test | test | test | > >+----+----------+----------+--------+---------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+--------+----------+ > =================== > > is this in fact normal?
Yes. Since you have \n (and possibly \t, others) in the field, mysql is displaying them on the select. b. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]