Including html textarea enter/newline characters into SQL query

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I've got this HTML textarea that represents a bulletin message, but any enter/newline characters in the textarea are immediately discarded as a result of the construction of the MySQL query. The query goes something like this:

UPDATE myTable set Message=textAreaName WHERE .......

I was wondering whether someone knows how to retain all input enter/newline characters in the textarea so that the MySQL query accounts for them.

Thanks in advance!

 

[KarveR]

Is it PHP you use, that can be pushed into retaining everything by use of single quotes.
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