nope, not around the query.
lets say
you have this:
PHP Code:
$field =$DB_site->query_first("SELECT projectid, text, timestamp FROM project $clause ORDER BY projectid DESC $limit")));
echo $field['text'];
then it would show up all in one line.
but if you use
PHP Code:
echo nl2br($field['text']);
then the linebreaks will be visible.
btw. if you use parse_bbcode it will automatically use nl2br