Hi,
Please use the <%commecnts%> within the <textarea></textarea> tags.
According to HTML syntax, if you try <textarea>ABDCM/textarea>, then you get a
textarea with the String ABCD in it.
Sriram
5/22/01 1:19:01 PM, Barbara Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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