diff --git a/adapter/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/monetdb_adapter_config.rb b/adapter/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/monetdb_adapter_config.rb
index e866ff9e43678142a5bb31cc6ea44684e7c11758..822b7380e157e16294657aacda0e1728f2d3915d 100644
--- a/adapter/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/monetdb_adapter_config.rb
+++ b/adapter/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/monetdb_adapter_config.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@ MDB_SYS_SCHEMA = "sys."   # explicitly specifying system schema
 #MDB_NON_SYSTEM_TABLES_ONLY = ""   # initial value [before fix] - I.T.
 MDB_NON_SYSTEM_TABLES_ONLY = "and system = false"   # ignoring columns from system tables (in order not to mix in 'default_schema' and other fields from sys.users to OLDS users table)
 
-MDB_LOG_USER_QUERIES = false
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+MDB_LOG_USER_QUERIES = false
+
+# NOTE: critical fix: lib/MonetDBData.rb, line 280:
+#     fields << f.gsub(/\\/, '').gsub(/^"/,'').gsub(/"$/,'').gsub(/\"/, '')
+# should be
+#     fields << f.gsub(/\\n/, "\n").gsub(/\\/, '').gsub(/^"/,'').gsub(/"$/,'').gsub(/\"/, '')
+# in order to treat line breaks correctly
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diff --git a/lib/MonetDBData.rb b/lib/MonetDBData.rb
index 93c4917c0d961ccd884d0e8312b75b58ceb24f01..2ad7b4eb5603db8f70d6d9c29e5c59d1e2f828ce 100644
--- a/lib/MonetDBData.rb
+++ b/lib/MonetDBData.rb
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ class MonetDBData
     tuple = tuple.to_s.gsub(/^\[\s+/,'')
     
     tuple.split(/,\t/).each do |f|
-      fields << f.gsub(/\\/, '').gsub(/^"/,'').gsub(/"$/,'').gsub(/\"/, '')
+      #fields << f.gsub(/\\/, '').gsub(/^"/,'').gsub(/"$/,'').gsub(/\"/, '')
+      fields << f.gsub(/\\n/, "\n").gsub(/\\/, '').gsub(/^"/,'').gsub(/"$/,'').gsub(/\"/, '')
     end
     
     return fields.freeze