Question : display the messages to a specific conversation

Not sure which one to do I will build it right away.
how should I setup the stored proc.

-- to display in repeater
--
-- Method #1:- in the received order (not as conversation view) ----------------
select * from #messages order by messageid desc

-- Method #2:- in conversation view (as in gmail) ----------------
-- this will reorder the message in a way that reply to a message will appear exactly below to its initial message
select a.*
            from #messages a left outer join
            (
                  select ltrim(rtrim(cast(messageid  as varchar(10)))) as Location, * from #messages
                              where initialMessageID is null
            ) b
on a.initialMessageID = b.messageID
order by
      case when a.initialMessageID is null
                        then ltrim(rtrim(cast(a.messageID as varchar(10))))
                  else
                        ltrim(rtrim(cast(a.initialMessageID as varchar(10)))) + '_' +
                        ltrim(rtrim(cast(a.messageid as varchar(10))))  
            end

Answer : display the messages to a specific conversation

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/string/SqlRegEx.aspx

Alternatively, using/setting up an ASP/ASP.Net page that will query the table/field strip out the HTML and update the entry.

If you have perl on your system you might be able to use it to do the same task.