Displaying carriage returns from database query

hi i'm fairly new to colfusion but have a good basic
understanding.
i'm trying to build a community website that has a guestbook
and forums. i want to build these from scratch.
i'm using cfmx7 and sqlserver 2005.
the problem i'm having is when my cfm page retrieves posts
made to the guestbook or forum, the carriage return characters are
missing. posts are coming out all on one line.
how do i get the retrieved posts to display new lines and
paragraphs the way they were input into the database?
just like these forums do?
thanx so much. adella.

Here is the code. Just replace body with your db field name.
<cfoutput>
#Replace(body, newLine, "<br>", "ALL")#
</cfoutput>

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an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
called applicant to confirm app
this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am; called applicant to confirm app"
How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field?

when i used translate its giving correctly,
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 select translate('the applicant called for an appointment;
2 an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
3 called applicant to confirm app
4 this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled
5 How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field
6* ',' ') from dual
SQL> /
TRANSLATE('THEAPPLICANTCALLEDFORANAPPOINTMENT;ANEXAMWASSCHEDULEDFOR4/1/05AT9AM;CALLEDAPPLICANTTOCONF
the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am; called applicant t
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 select 'the applicant called for an appointment;
2 an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
3 called applicant to confirm app
4 this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled
5* How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field
SQL> /
'THEAPPLICANTCALLEDFORANAPPOINTMENT;ANEXAMWASSCHEDULEDFOR4/1/05AT9AM;CALLEDAPPLICANTTOCONFIRMAPPTHIS
the applicant called for an appointment;
an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
called applicant to confirm app
this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled for 4
How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field?
SQL>

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