ASP.Net SQL Text parse HTML

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Currently I'm busy with a project for school. I was optimizing my FAQ and I want to parse HTML in my TEXT column for my answer. Let me explain it better.

I have my database model, which is this:

public class FAQModel
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string Question { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string Answer { get; set; }
}

And in my view:

<div><p>@item.Answer</p></div>

But now HTML (which is in my Answer column) will be like text, so it won't be parsed. Like this is my result:

Ga naar <a href="../EmailSub/">deze pagina</a>

But I want it to be a link which I can click on. Is there any way I can do this?

adhie · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-08 09:35:33Z

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Not sure what the question is, but if you have HTML string in the Answer column in your database, like: "Ga naar <a href="../EmailSub/">deze pagina</a>"

Then you should use:

<div><p>@Html.Raw(item.Answer)</p></div>

But I only recommend to use this approach if the answer field in the database is olny filled by administrators, not users, because this is a potential vulnerability called cross-site scripting (XSS)!

answered Jan 8, 2015 at 9:35

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Alexander Dayan · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-08 09:36:35Z

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Use Html.Raw method will convert the string stored in the db to the DOM elements structure:

@Html.Raw(item.Answer)

answered Jan 8, 2015 at 9:36

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faby · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-08 09:33:04Z

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I think that you can get your goal using Html.Raw. Replace

<div><p>@item.Answer</p></div>

with

<div><p>@Html.Raw(item.Answer)</p></div>

answered Jan 8, 2015 at 9:33

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