While this is probably not the best way to go about this, the following has worked for me on many an occation:

use CGI qw(header param); print header;
foreach (param) { ($$_ = param($_)) =~ s/\r\n|\n/<BR>/g; }

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Note: This won't work with strict, and therefore probably shouldn't be used as is. Something a little safer might be:

(my $some_variable = param('textbox-name')) =~ s/\r\n|\n/<BR>/g;

The key thing is that depending on the user's OS, browser client, or other unknown something, you might end up with your params having just /\n/ or /\r\n/ in them. (Blame Micro$oft. Works for me.) ;) When I'm storing stuff in a flat-file "database," I'll usually store carriage returns as either /<BR>/ or /\\n/ and have Perl, JavaScript, or whatever deal with converting it to something else later.

Shoot me an email if this doesn't help or answer what you're looking for.

In reply to Re: How do I handle mid-line carriage returns in a flatfile database? by gryphon
in thread How do I handle mid-line carriage returns in a flatfile database? by Anonymous Monk

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