Carriage Returns in Textarea field in APEX Mail

Greetings all,
I have a form that the users fill out and when they click submit it uses APEX Mail to send the contents to individuals in an HTML format. One of the fields is a text area where the individual will enter information like the sample below:
First to Arrive: Bob
Second to Arrive: Jane
Third to Arrive: Sandy
Last to Arrive: FredWhen the email is received, instead of being on one line, each entry follows the next like:
First to Arrive: Bob Second to Arrive: Jane Third to Arrive: Sandy Last to Arrive: Fred
I posted about getting the form fields to show the carriage returns and that works fine. Now trying to figure out what to add to make sure that line breaks are handles as html breaks br tags. Any assistance and examples would be appreciated.
Thanks
Wally
Edited by: wfsteadman on Feb 17, 2011 4:49 PM

3. Re: Carriage Returns in Textarea field in APEX Mail
617301
this code looks like it should work but doesnt,
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(:TEXT_FIELD_ITEM,CHR(10)||CHR(13),'<br/>'),CHR(10),'<br/>'),CHR(13),'<br/>')
....thanks.

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