Hi there,
I am using perl CGI and DBI to access my MySQL database. The problem is I have stored paths in the database, which, when retrieved I had hoped I could associate with filehandle, open and display in the browser. However, when I use a while loop to go through the file it disappears the newlines ! \n

I am also having problems getting it to use Courier font in my Linux/RedHat/Netscape browser.

This section of code is where I open the file (path stored in $data_from_MySQLdb) and it opens and prints to the browser - but as one long line, all the original file whitespace and new lines are lost. 

my ($data_from_MySQLdb);
    $sth->bind_columns(undef,\$data_from_MySQLdb);
    
    while($sth->fetch()){
        
        
        open(MYTREEFILE,"$data_from_MySQLdb") or die;
        
        while(<MYTREEFILE>){
        print STDOUT "$_";
        }
    }

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Any ideas ? Am I messing up my using perl with html in some way ?
Cheers,
basm101

In reply to CGI/MySQL and the vanishing \n by basm101

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