display formatted database contents on view page

Question

I have Book.description with the following stored in the database:

    aaa

    bbb

    test

    fsdfdsfs fds fd sf sdf ds

I need to display the above including the line breaks in my view page.

I tried <%= @book.description.gsub(/\n/, '<br />')%> but I am getting the following error message :

private method `gsub' called for #<Hash:0xb662aa50>

I also tried <%= @book.description.html_safe%> but am getting the error message below:

undefined method `html_safe' for #<Hash:0xb66625f4>

Any suggestion ragarding this issue is most appreciated.

Could you include the @book.description.to_s to the question, to inspect its real content? — Matzi
– Matzi, Commented Aug 8, 2012 at 13:32
It's a Hash, not a string, to methods like gsub and html_safe obviously will not work on it. If the hash values are the strings you showed, you'll have to collect them first and then joining them with a BR tag will work. — MrDanA
– MrDanA, Commented Aug 8, 2012 at 13:35

Joel Friedlaender · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-08 14:28:50Z

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<%= simple_format(@book.description) %>

answered Aug 8, 2012 at 14:28

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2 Comments

Kim Over a year ago

Thanks for the suggestion but using simple_format displays everything on one line. I want to display the database contents like it is stored in the table column including the line breaks

Joel Friedlaender Over a year ago

Simple format does that. There must be something else going on.

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