Display a page in browser stored in Database using asp.net and sql server

Question

I am trying to display my blog content that is stored in my database in the form of raw html tags and img tags. I tried using HTML Encode before inserting data in the database and Decode while retrieving the data. After doing so I am getting an output like this.

enter image description here

I want to get an output like this enter image description here

I tried doing this but nothing worked

//code to put this text into the database
string text = Server.HTMLEncode(userEnteredText);

//code to put while fetching data from DB
string text = Server.HTMLDecode(userEnteredText);

Please note I am using Webforms and not MVC framework

I would be obliged if anyone could help me with this.

What happens when you do not use string text = Server.HTMLDecode(userEnteredText); Can you please check. — Amit
– Amit, Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 13:08
What kind of server control are you using to display the output? — Coding Flow
– Coding Flow, Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 13:11
@Amit as mentioned above I am getting the output shown in the second image — user3818870
– user3818870, Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 13:41
That is probably your problem then. A Label will automatically HTML encode what is set in the Text property before rendering to the browser. Use a Literal instead. — Coding Flow
– Coding Flow, Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 13:43

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:05:52Z

1

You should try LiteralControl

With this you can inject Html into your page at runtime like so:

this.Controls.Add("<h1>Hello World</h1>");
this.Controls.Add(userEnteredText);

Further reading:

//EDIT:

Take an Water bottle

Is wrong from my little understanding of the English language. It should be "Take a water bottle" A is only attached with the suffix n in case the next word starts with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:05

CommunityBot

11 silver badge

answered Dec 12, 2014 at 13:12

Marco

24.1k13 gold badges81 silver badges132 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

user3818870 Over a year ago

Thanks for your quick response I tried using Literal control earlier but it dint seem to work.I'll try using the reference you have mentioned above and see if that does the trick

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Display a page in browser stored in Database using asp.net and sql server

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related