javascript conversion from html code to real value

Question

I have a textbox and i have values in database like ® which is equal to ® .I fetch data and write it into textbox but it writes the data as it is.The code part is like this

var data=database_values;//here there is data like this "DOLBY®"
document.getElementById(id).value = data;

I want to make the textbox value DOLBY® not DOLBY®

Answer 1

Hi i found a way to unescape html code.Here is the function

function unescapeHTML(html) {
var tempHtmlNode = document.createElement("tempDiv");
tempHtmlNode.innerHTML = html;
if(tempHtmlNode.innerText)
return tempHtmlNode.innerText; // IE
return tempHtmlNode.textContent; // FF

}

Thanks for your help anyway