Message field as it appears in database:

This is a test message.

This is line 2 of test message.



#This is how I'm getting it from the database...

$SQL="SELECT * FROM table WHERE name = '$name'";
&Do_SQL;
$pointer = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;
$message = $pointer->{'message'};
$message =~ s/\n/\<br\>/g;


Output:

This is a test message.  This is line 2 of test message.


If I View Source it shows:

This is a test message.

This is line 2 of test message.