breaking a text value into lines

[cxvxc]

i have a a list of lines(text) named as desciption field in the database. i want to have it displayed on my page line by line.i.e one line after another and also the text field being validated to 8o characters..
either using asp or using javascripts

please can u help me

[rdoekes]

Displaying line by line can be done with a replacement

Response.Write Replace(oRs("Description"), vbCrLf, "<br/>" & vbcrlf )


If you mean by validating the text, truncating you could use this code:

Dim strOutput
Dim intLength
strOutput = oRs.Description
intLength = Len(strOutput)
If intLength > 80 Then
Response.Write Mid(strOutput, 1, intLength)
ELse
Response.Write Mid(strOutput, 1)
End If

Hope this is what you are looking for
-Rogier Doekes