# Data Explorer: \\n is replaced with space in RAW post field output

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** sql-query\
**Created:** [September 12, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-n-is-replaced-with-space-in-raw-post-field-output/238743 "2022-09-12T08:01:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-n-is-replaced-with-space-in-raw-post-field-output/238743/2 "2022-09-12T10:39:40Z")

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> [@md-misko](#):
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> really like to get the full raw post from [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query.

Are you retrieving the query as csv (I think that can’t work) or json (which can support having me lines

And unless you are trying to get a bunch of topics at once, you might just use direct api queries, though paging can make that complicated.

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