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I have form which has got in it Textarea field which allows users to enter the data.Data entered by the user could go upto any length.I would like to maintain the format of the data as entered by the user and display it in the view.Currently Format is not being maintained by my program.I would like to maintain the format as entered by the user and display it.

My environment is servlets,JSP,EL, JSTL and mysql .I use JSTL/EL to display the data from the classes.Currently textarea data is stored as varchar in mysql.I need some directions as how to maintain the format of the data and display it in the view without breaking the format as entered by the user.

Can some one point me to right direction as how this can be implemented.

Below is updated informations,

This is what user gives input as in text area field,

  1. The law requires all states to have exchanges, which are essentially online marketplaces where small businesses and individuals can shop for private health plans, in place by January 2014, when a requirement takes effect for most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.
  2. If states fail to submit plans for running their own exchanges by the deadline, the law calls for the federal government to set up and run one for them, with or without their help. People with incomes between 133 percent and 400 percent of the poverty level can get federal tax subsidies through exchanges to make the price of coverage more affordable

This is how it looks like in my jsp view,

  1. The law requires all states to have exchanges, which are essentially online marketplaces where small businesses and individuals can shop for private health plans, in place by January 2014, when a requirement takes effect for most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty. 2. If states fail to submit plans for running their own exchanges by the deadline, the law calls for the federal government to set up and run one for them, with or without their help. People with incomes between 133 percent and 400 percent of the poverty level can get federal tax subsidies through exchanges to make the price of coverage more affordable

Also I was to preserve the links given in my text area fields along with formatting as entered by the user.

Also I don’t have any framework in my application.I know JSF has got the some features where it escapes the textarea data and renders it via pre elements maintaining the format as given by the users.How can this be done without any framework ?

Kiran Badi
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  • Can you please elaborate on the format that should be maintained? What do you expect and what actually happens? – Jasper de Vries Sep 24 '12 at 09:58
  • Hi Jasper, I just added the updated information which will tell you as how it looks now and what my requirement is. – Kiran Badi Sep 24 '12 at 15:11
  • It is a plain ` – Jasper de Vries Sep 24 '12 at 15:17
  • Its plain textarea field.No I dont have rich HTML edit field.Can this be done for plain textarea field or I need to go with rich textarea field ? – Kiran Badi Sep 24 '12 at 17:20
  • Won't `
    ${yourTextareaContent}
    ` just fix your problem?     – Jasper de Vries Sep 24 '12 at 17:24
  • I will try and see if this fixes it.Give me sometime I will check and revert back. – Kiran Badi Sep 24 '12 at 20:54
  • Its working Jasper, I just tried with small subset of data.Thanks a lot. – Kiran Badi Sep 25 '12 at 16:32
  • It does solve most of my issue but still some minor workarounds I might need.Do you believe that I need to restrict the width of the element in the view and how to ensure that links show up as links.currently www.google.com comes out as plain text and not as link.Any suggestions on this. – Kiran Badi Sep 25 '12 at 16:38
  • It's best to write a custom jsp tag for this. See http://www2.sys-con.com/itsg/virtualcd/java/archives/0510/Chace/index.html and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1909534/java-replacing-text-url-with-clickable-html-link – Jasper de Vries Sep 25 '12 at 18:50
  • Thanks Jasper I will check those links. – Kiran Badi Sep 28 '12 at 15:51

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