String with new lines in sql and java

Question

i'm using mysql as my database. In one of the columns (nameCol) stores a string, 'hello, my name is earl'
In my java app i want to display this in a text area so that it looks like:
hello,
my name is earl
in mysql i did: INSERT INTO Table (......,nameCol) VALUES(.....,'hello,\nmy name is earl'); This inserted the data into the database in the format i wanted (as above) but when i printed it in my app it came out like hello, my name is earl.
My sample code:
//some code above to set a parameter for a select statement to get a unique row
//get data from the nameCol field  ..this all works fine
String nameC = (String)nameDataProvider.getValue("Table.nameCol");
//set the text area
myTextArea.setText(nameC);Anyone know how i can get it to display in the format at the top?

Answer 1

Well, one reason for that is that \n not necessarily leads to a line wrap. Wrap chars are system dependant. Try using System.getProperty("line.separator") instead.