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Asked: 2026-05-12T16:55:52+00:00

I’ve got a weird issue, i’ve got a datarepeater that reads some user entries

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I’ve got a weird issue,

i’ve got a datarepeater that reads some user entries froma database, and then shows them in an <asp:label> ..

my 1st problem was that when the text is read all \ns got dropped ..

so I use a <pre> tag to solve the problem..
however… a new problem occurred..
now the text actually goes beyond the label’s border..

<td width="630px" >
 <pre>
   <asp:Label ID="lblComments"  runat="Server" 
       width="630px" Text='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Comments") %>'
       Style="font-size: larger">
   </asp:Label>
  </pre>
</td>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Yep, a pre will just output the text with little or no regard to the layout of the page.

    You should be formatting the text from the database to convert \n’s into <br/>s.

    You should be able to get away with something like:

    <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Comments")
                   .ToString().Replace("\n", "<br />") %>
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