tables and br tags

[DarkPikachu]

this is an issue I've been dealing with for a while, mainly with my real-time BBC preview plugin...

I submit this:

random text

[table][tbody]
[tr][td]blah[/td][td]blah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]blah[/td][td]blah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]blah[/td][td]blah[/td][/tr]
[/tbody][/table]

which internally gets converted to:

random text<br>
<br>
<table><tbody><br>
<tr><td>blah</td><td>blah</td></tr><br>
<tr><td>blah</td><td>blah</td></tr><br>
<tr><td>blah</td><td>blah</td></tr><br>
</tbody></table>

but AS SOON as JQuery handles this, this happens:

random text<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<table><tbody>
<tr><td>blah</td><td>blah</td></tr>
<tr><td>blah</td><td>blah</td></tr>
<tr><td>blah</td><td>blah</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

how do I deal with this w/o JQuery??

[Tim Camara]

Looks like jQuery is trying to correct the invalid HTML from your second code block. Try submitting the first code block without line breaks, should clear it right up.

[DarkPikachu]

not sure what you mean by that :/

the second code-block is text :/
how can I remove the line breaks??

*rethinks*
waaait, IK what you mean:

random text

[table][tbody][tr][td]blah[/td][td]blah[/td][/tr][tr][td]blah[/td][td]blah[/td][/tr][tr][td]blah[/td][td]blah[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]

^that would be a work-around... but not a fix

I want to remove the invalid br tags... heh
how can I do this??

EDIT:
or perhapse perform the initial '/n' >>> '<br>' conversion last?? >.>

1: convert HTML escapes
2: basic BBC conversion
3: pass to jquery as node
4: update node.html() replacing '/n'

right??

EDIT2:
no, but it gives me something to work with :3

EDIT3:
this just in, it's not JQuery, it's chrome!
node[0].innerHTML = str.replace(/\n/g, '<br>')
^ this makes things difficult >_<

dangit, why must this second square be so far away, where can I get a plank... >.> <_<