Can I preserve carriage returns in a string variable from SQL Server?

Question

I have an OLE data source that pulls data from sql server via a SELECT query.  One of the fields is an NVARCHAR(max) which goes into a string variable which is later used in an expression.  I am noticing that in the expression, carriage returns
/ line breaks in this field are being lost.  Does anyone know how I can preserve these in the expression?

Answer 1

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  I am certain there are both \r and \n in the database as when I print the field and then copy/paste to textedit to show the hidden characters, I can see both the CR and LF's.  
I have implemented a workaround that is by no means elegant, but it gets the job done.
I found that \r and \n will evaluate in an expression but if they are part of another string variable, SSIS escapes them. My workaround was to change my OLE_DB select statement (which fetches the custom SQL query) to explicitly change the hidden characters
to '\r' and '\n' respectively:
SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE([CUSTOM_SQL],char(13),'\r'),char(10),'\n')
Then, in my SSIS expression, I de-escaped these characters:
REPLACE(REPLACE(@[User::vAlertCustomSQL],"\\r","\r"),"\\n","\n")
Now when the expression is executed, the SQL is formatted correctly and oddly placed comments in the query no longer break the query.