jow guys

i scripted some kind of a forum in ASP
anyway, people can leave messages and replys

now i have 2 problems

1. i cant store more then 255 characters in a record of my db.
acces sais only 255 characters are allowed

2. when someone types his reply or topic;
his text will be generated as HTML
so a normal return will have no effect, u have to use a <br>
to get a return on the replys.asp page.

NE1?

thx guys