You will also need to do server side validation if you are attempting to insert/update into a database (i.e., your users may have javascript disabled in which case a javascript test alone will not be sufficient). a
Andy Miller IS Designer Butte College 530.895.2946 -----Original Message----- From: Mukta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:42 PM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: textarea Use following javascript function to limit the number of characters to 255 in a textbox: function checkLength(name) { var textBox = document.getElementsByName(name)[0].value; if (textBox.length>255) { document.getElementsByName(name)[0].value = textBox.substring(0,255); } } And call this function on onkeyup="checkLength('textareaName');" onmouseout="checkLength('textareaName');" -----Original Message----- From: Abhimanyu Koul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:48 PM To: Struts Mailing list Subject: textarea how can i set the maximum number of chars in a textarea. i can only set columns and rows. Regards, Abhimanyu Koul FinEng Solutions (P) Ltd. Mobile : +91 9819510090 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
