Per the HTML spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.7),
the textarea form element does not have an attribute called 'value'.  To
initialize the form text area element, simply do this:

<textarea name="overview" wrap=virtual rows=3 cols=60><%=loverview
%></textarea>

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Geng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: put the value to textarea field in jsp


All:

I can see the loverview variable, but it just can not show from the
textarea field.

anybody knows what's going on?

Thanks,

Carol

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here is the code:

<% String loverview = (String) V.elementAt(i+13);
    out.println ("the overview is: " + loverview);
  %>
<tr bgcolor=#eeeecc><td colspan=2><font face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif"><font size=-1><B>Overview:</B></font> </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan=2>

         <textarea name="overview" wrap=virtual rows=3 cols=60 value="<%=
loverview %>"></textarea>
     </td>
</tr>

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