try:
<textarea name="comments" cols="30" rows="5" >
<%=comments%>
</textarea>
Barbara Johnson wrote:
> In a previous discussion I asked for help in repopulating forms. I was
> missing the quotes.
> There must be something more that you have to do for the textarea to
> repopulate. (The information is definitely in
> the database.) This input type="text" are repopulated but the textareas are
> blank.
> Does anyone know the solution for this?
>
> ie.
> This works: <input type="text" name="name size="50" value='<%= name %>'>
>
> This does not work:<textarea name="comments" cols="30" rows="5" value='<%=
> comments%>'></textarea>
>
> Thanks,
> Barb Johnson
> Instructional Programmer
> Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
>
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