ADDED INFO ON: ANY IDEAS ON SYNTAX OR WHAT I AM OVERLOOKING: When I change the TPLT_TXT line so I'm just posting a text string "This is some text" it works fine too. So the issue must have to with something I need to do with the text string in the "textarea" field before running the update. Thanks for any inputs... <CFQUERY NAME="DSP5_UP" DATASOURCE="COLAB2"> UPDATE TEMPLAT1 SET TPLT_DES = '#FORM.TPLT_DES#' , TPLT_TXT = 'This is some txt' , L_EDIT_DT = '#FORM.L_EDIT_DT#' , EDIT_WHO = '#FORM.EDIT_WHO#' WHERE TEMPLAT1.DIV_NUM = '#CLIENT.mDIV_NUM#' AND TEMPLAT1.TPLT_FRM = '#FORM.TPLT_FRM#' AND TEMPLAT1.TPLT_FLD = '#FORM.TPLT_FLD#' AND TEMPLAT1.TPLT_NUM = '#FORM.TPLT_NUM#' </CFQUERY> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists