Format string output

hi,
i have a textarea that the user uses to enter the text.
eg.
Hello
how r you?
I am
fine.
this text is stored in to the database. i retrieve the string from the database and try to display it on the jsp. but it does show in one single line. i tried to replace new line characters with <br>, but the jsp still shows the <br> as text instead of recognising it as an html tag.
can anyone please help
thanks in advance

You can probably do this
on the client side(in the browser) using JavaScript replace new line characters(\n or \r) with ASCII representation for new line


then when redisplay it the browser will automatical enter new line. hope this helps(its probably not the best approach,but thats what I could think of during lunch time*_*)

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