Formatting data as HTML to get the same appearance as mysql select return

pokemonk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

yo brothers,

so i'm working on a cgi-script, i just started using mySql, and i have a problem i can't fix.

this is part of my code:

$song=getdb("SELECT lyrics FROM song WHERE id=$form{id}");
print "<textarea>$song&lt;/textarea>";
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so when i use type in mysql administrator:

SELECT lyrics FROM song WHERE id=$form{id}
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it returns:

I was alone
i was all by myself
no on was lookiiing
i was thinking of you.
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but when i view it in the browser i see this:

<textarea>I was alone

i was all by myself

no on was lookiiing

i was thinking of you.&lt;textarea>
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yeh, that's my problem. ohh yeah, i used fetchrow_array() in the dbi module, alright dudes, thanks a bunch.

oh yeah, and i have another lil quiestion: is

$blah{one}=~s/a/b/g;
$blah{two}=~s/a/b/g;
==
$blah{'one','two'}=~s/a/b/g;
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????

alright, later kids.

Edit ar0n 2001-07-19 -- removed pre tags.
Edit kudra, 2001-07-20 Changed title from HELP x3

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Re: HELP HELP HELP by adamsj (Hermit) on Jul 20, 2001 at 01:13 UTC
You think it might be this? `print "<textarea>$song</textarea>"; ^^^` [download] Update: And as to the second question, what's wrong with: `print "$blah{'one'}\t$blah{'two'}\n";` adamsj They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it. --Gracie Allen	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: HELP HELP HELP by andye (Curate) on Jul 20, 2001 at 01:32 UTC
For `$blah{one}=~s/a/b/g; $blah{two}=~s/a/b/g;` [download] I'd suggest `s/a/b/g foreach @blah{'one', 'two'} ;` [download] andy.	[reply] [d/l] [select]