note ghosh123 <p> Hi <br\><br\> Thanks for your input. Now let me re-iterate my problem this way. Suppose I have simple a.txt(pasted below) file in my desktop. When I open that file on the browser by giving the unix path/windows path ...it comes in proper order and indentation. <br\><br\> But when I am reading this file in a string and inserting the string in a database column and later on using cgi perl printing it on the webpage , it gets messed up. <br\><br\> What magic is happening when I do print $htmldata in my cgi perl code so that it destroys the order and indentation of the text ? <br\><br\> name &nbsp&nbsp phone <br\><br\> xyz &nbsp&nbsp 123 <br\><br\> abc &nbsp&nbsp 890 <br\><br\> But it is coming as : <br\><br\> name phone xyz 123 abc 890 Thanks </p> 1015328 1015335