Formating field type text in HTML

Hi all! I have a table in postgres with a field type text, where I can store a formated text. When I take this field to my page, there's no one html tag inside the content displayed. Can I read the content of the field, line by line, putting a <br> at the end? How can I do something like this? Inside the database, I used the option \H, to see the result in HTML. It was ok, with the <br> in the right place. How can I use this output in my page? Is it possible to pass the \H to the database using php? Thanks a lot. -- Jairo Tcatchenco jairo@cda.sp.gov.br Coordenadoria de Defesa Agropecuária - CDA Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo - SAA/SP