Question

I would like to insert in a table some pieces of code. For example:

table:

create table  [tbl_cfg](
    [tabid] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    cust_code nvarchar(max) NULL
    ) ON [PRIMARY]


Insert into tbl_cfg(cust_code)
select ' this is the first line
         this is the second line'

My problem is that when I do this, sql automatically flatterns my code i.e. any \n is replaced with spaces.

If I insert it with Edit top 200 rows and I just paste the code, only the first line is inserted.

UPDATE:

In order to test this:
select * from tbl_cfg
copy the code and paste it in another window

Answer 1

According my experience about this issue:

Your strings with \n is still in the original format in sql table, but when you do select it is presented in a single line.

However, for example if you put the string to html code, you’ll see \n is still there.