Can someone show me the mysql query statement to update the Text Area (the Text Area is populated with information from mysql) basically I want to allow the user to change or add information to the original data. scroll down to read the code. The text area I need to update is red font. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <?php $page_title = 'View Existing Data'; include ('./includes/header.html'); include( '../mysql_connect.php' ); ?> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE ALIGN="center" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle"> <TH ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR ="#310032">View Existing Data</FONT></TH> </TR> </TABLE> <FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="ved.php"> <?php $query = "SELECT DISTINCT Assign_Engineer FROM lo_data"; $result = mysql_query($query); ?> <BR /><BR /> <CENTER> <SELECT NAME="R"><OPTION VALUE="NULL">Choose a Category:</OPTION> <?php while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { foreach ($line as $value) { echo"<OPTION VALUE='$value'"; } echo ">$value</OPTION>"; } ?> </SELECT> <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="Submit" VALUE="Submit Data"><BR /><BR /> <?php if (isset($_POST["R"])) { $result = mysql_query("SELECT ID, Ref_No, Job_Title,Category,Assign_Engineer,Date_Received,Date_Required,Date_Assigned,ProjectedCompletionDate,Date_Completed,ManhourSpent,Status FROM lo_data WHERE Assign_Engineer ='".$_POST["R"]."'"); } ?> <DIV STYLE="overflow:auto;"> <TABLE WIDTH="80" BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDERCOLOR="CDCB98"> <THEAD> <TR STYLE="position: relative; top: expression(this.offsetParent.scrollTop); background-color: #CDCB98;"> <TH>ID</TH> <TH>Reference No</TH> <TH>Job Descriptions</TH> <TH>Category</TH> <TH>Assign Engineer</TH> <TH>Date Received</TH> <TH>Date Required</TH> <TH>Date Assigned</TH> <TH>Projected Completion Date</TH> <TH>Date Completed</TH> <TH>Manhour Spent</TH> <TH>Status</TH> </TR> </THEAD> <?php while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { echo "<TBODY>"; echo "<TR VALIGN=\"TOP\" ALIGN=\"CENTER\">"; echo "<TD>{$row['ID']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Ref_No']}</TD>"; echo "<TD> <FORM>\n<P><TEXTAREA NAME={$row['ID']} ROWS=\"10\" COLS=\"40\">{$row['Job_Title']}</TEXTAREA><BR /><INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Update\"><INPUT type=\"reset\"></P></FORM></TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Category']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Assign_Engineer']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Date_Received']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Date_Required']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Date_Assigned']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['ProjectedCompletionDate']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Date_Completed']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['ManhourSpent']}</TD>"; echo "<TD>{$row['Status']}</TD>"; echo "</TR>"; echo"</TBODY>"; } ?> </TABLE> </DIV> </FORM> <BR /><BR /> <CENTER> <?php mysql_close(); include ('./includes/footer.html'); ?> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>
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