Data type for a block of text?

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Hey all, I'm coming from the ColdFusion world and am pretty new to .Net2. My
issue is, I've got a page where the content (with html formatting included)
is stored in a db table field. In MS Access, the field type was Memo, in
SSExpress I'm using nvarchar(max).

When I try to display the contents/paragraphs in my aspx page (using
Gridview) , I see all the html coding & formatting characters.

Am I using the right data type? Should I be using something other than
GridView? Am I even in the right forum for this question?

Also, I'm trying to find a listing of default value & binding functions like
"GetDate()" Any links?

Thanks in advance!

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

You are going to have to take control of this. Most likely, you are using an
AccessDataSourc e control? If so, the actually data is stored as XML, which
will escape the <, and a few other characters, to conform to XML standards.
If you actually view source, you probably see this

&lt;H1&gt;My Header&lt;/H1&gt;

instead of this

<H1>My header</H1>

You may do better with a DataReader and binding the data to the controls
yourself, rather than using the "auto binding" in .NET.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Hey all, I'm coming from the ColdFusion world and am pretty new to .Net2.
My
issue is, I've got a page where the content (with html formatting
included)
is stored in a db table field. In MS Access, the field type was Memo, in
SSExpress I'm using nvarchar(max).

When I try to display the contents/paragraphs in my aspx page (using
Gridview) , I see all the html coding & formatting characters.

Am I using the right data type? Should I be using something other than
GridView? Am I even in the right forum for this question?

Also, I'm trying to find a listing of default value & binding functions
like
"GetDate()" Any links?

Thanks in advance!