help with string formatting

I am using a small function to return information from an Access database. Whether I use xml formatted text or otherwise, the results are returned to me in a undesired, formatted way. I'm new to C#, so I'm not certain if I'm missing something or this is just the tough breaks with this language. What I need is either a proper way of extracting the data WITHOUT the regular expressions or a work around - some way to parse the results. Here's the function that returns the code -- very basic stuff: public DataSet DataQuery(string dbConnectionString, string sqlStatement) { OleDbConnection conn; OleDbDataAdapter cmd; DataSet results = new DataSet(); conn = new OleDbConnection(dbConnectionString); cmd = new OleDbDataAdapter(sqlStatement, conn); conn.Open(); cmd.Fill(results); conn.Close(); } Here is a sample of the data in the field I am returning, taken straight from the database: Here's what it looks like after the results dataset is filled: \r\n Even with ordinary text - it adds the unwanted expressions: Test = "test" Test = \"test\" Is this just how c# returns text or am I missing something? Any help on this issue would be most appreciated! S.H.