Forced line

I am storing the contents of a large input textfield into a
mysql database. Problem is, when you force a line in the textfield,
and save it it works. However the next time you save it, it adds
another forced line. You save again and it will create another
forced line. Is there comething I can do to prevent this?... eg...
if when they save the text field... If I see a forced line, I can
replace it with the flash term for a forced line, and save that in
the database without the forced line but with the flash syntax for
a forced line. Then when it comes to displaying the flash again it
will read the flash syntax and display a forced line... get it????
thanks to any responders. J

yes, that can occur in text files and xml files that are
loaded.
i always use a stripWhiteSpace function when loading those
file types:

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Are you talking about two hard returns [Enter] in a row, or a soft and hard return [Shift + Enter] and [Enter]? A forced line break is a soft return, but most Word users would just hit the return key for an empty paragraph to get an empty line.
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Hi.. It´s maybe a simple question but I cannot see diferences.
What´s the difference between Forced Line Break and Paragraph Return ?
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Illustrator has had the same bug since version 11. In 5 consecutive versions!
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poopyhead
Not sure about the nasty webforum tags there, but this would
be a standard
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poopyhead 
This is an isolated line of text - invalid if not within some
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following HTML4x tag syntax. This line would be invalid on a
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poopyhead 
Ditto above, except following XHTML tag syntax. This line
would be invalid
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>I have put that code in the blog.css file over and over
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> I think the blog editor overrides it or something. I
Even put those
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