New Line character storage in ntext field in SQL 2000

[babai28]

Hi there,
I have a multi line text box in a data entry form. The data entered in this field is being stored as ntext column in a table.
This data is visible in other form in DataGridView. Where the newline character is replaced by ugly, obnoxious "squares". I remember having used this with oracle blob column where it did not create a porblem.
Agagin when this fetched in a multiline textbox for editing purpose it displays "squares".
Hw do I handle this. I tried googling but not much to my rescue. Any pointers or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks for your time.

[ThatThatGuy]

have you tried it with nvarchar,varcha r....

[babai28]

While googling I found that even these fields don't help.

[Plater]

I store newlines all the time in text and varchar and don't have any issues with squares

[tlhintoq]

It could be your choice of font.
For example I use a font called "crisp" which is deliberately designed as a programmer's font with lines through the zeros and newline characters appear as a tiny NL

Try changing your font to something standard like Arial and see if it still appears that way.

[Plater]

You should not see the boxes in a field that allows new lines (like a multiline textbox)

[tlhintoq]

'should' being the operative word.
I don't know much about how databases can convert text. Is it possible the newline is being changed into something else? A newline in one OS is not necessarily a newline in another OS.
Can you run a debug version of your application and look at the actual bytes of the data and confirm it is truly the newline you expect and not just a carriage return for example.

[babai28]

Hi All,
Thanks for your replies. The problem is solved
by setting the datagridViewCol umn wrap mode property to true.
Thank you once more.. all of you..