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how do you solve it?

Posted by Ramin Roushani on October 15, 2001 at 2:20 AM

Please can you send me the answer if you solved this problem

Thanks

Ramin

> Hi,

> I am currently trying to display a text string I have placed in a MYSQL table using JSP and Tomcat. I am having a few problems though. The connection is fine and when it is displayed the string is displaying goobldy gook like this - [B@80dd124

> Yet when I change the database from a text string to a varchar or char string it displays fine. I want to use the text string as others will be inputing data in. Any ideas as to why this might be happening? Can someone please help me?

> Thanks