Avoid space truncating , present in between words in a hyperlink

[prasad kulkarni]

I want to show the wording "UNITED SEP      030 WORD" as a hyperlink. However , when I do that like this -
<a href="javascript:showSymbolMenu('4')>UNITED SEP      030 WORD</a>
, browser displays the value "UNITED SEP 030 WORD" with hyperlink. The spaces present in between "SEP" & "030" are truncated.

There are million of records so I can not substitute empty spaces by &nbsp;.
How should I stop browser from truncating the spaces?
[ November 02, 2008: Message edited by: prasad kulkarni ]

[Eric Pascarello]

Well you could a string replace when you are outputting the records to the page. Probably would be a good solution.

The other thing you can try is

<style type="text/css">
  a pre{ display: inline; }
</style>
 
<a href="#"><pre>hey      hey        hey</pre></a>

eric

[prasad kulkarni]

Thanks.
I used the solution of <pre> . That worked.