Piping in GoogleAnalytics

I'm storing google analytics in a database field and then displaying it in the head of my documents. The problem is: If I add the google analytics directly in the database it works fine but if I use DataAssist the textfield that contains the google analytics code looks fine but if I update the table the piping code gets converted to & # 1 2 4 ;& # 1 2 4 ; (spaces added to prevent the piping from showing up here) and on the document pages the piping is gone and the markup code is now in the place of the piping.

var _gaq = _gaq || []; <-------------------- Piping Correct
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-77777777777']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);


var _gaq = _gaq & # 1 2 4 ;& # 1 2 4 ; []; <------------------ Piping Missing
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-77777777777']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);