Are you quoting the value attribute in your HTML? Should look like so:
<input type=text value="<@VAR myVar>">
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Nicholas Froome wrote:
> Quick query; I've built a form that stores data in variables (local scope) for
>verification before posting to a databse
>
> The data shows up OK in debug and posts OK to the database, but when I preview it in
>a Text field in a form, the "type=text" fields just display the data up to the first
>white space! The data does get to the database OK, so it is OK in the variable - it
>just doesn't display properly...
>
> For example, the data "Test 17" would, in the form, be displayed as "Test" - but be
>punched into the database as "Test 17"
>
> I've done this before without any problems - what am I doing wrong??
>
>
>
> TANGO 3.6, Webstar 4.0, Mac OS 9.1
>
> Results below:
>
>
> displays OK
> ------------
> ThreadName (no encoding) <@VAR ThreadName SCOPE=User> --->displays OK!
>
> ThreadName (no encoding) <TEXTAREA COLS=50 ROWS=16 NAME=ThreadName><@VAR ThreadName
>SCOPE=User></TEXTAREA> --->displays OK!
>
>
> cuts off data after first white space
> -------------------------------------------
> ThreadName (no encoding) <INPUT NAME=ThreadName TYPE=TEXT SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40
>VALUE=<@VAR ThreadName SCOPE=User>> ----> problem
>
> ThreadName (encoding = NONE) <INPUT NAME=ThreadName TYPE=TEXT SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40
>VALUE=<@VAR ThreadName SCOPE=User ENCODING=NONE>> ----> problem
>
> ThreadName (encoding = METAHTML) <INPUT NAME=ThreadName TYPE=TEXT SIZE=40
>MAXLENGTH=40 VALUE=<@VAR ThreadName SCOPE=User ENCODING=METAHTML>> ----> problem
>
> ThreadName (encoding = MULTILINEHTML) <INPUT NAME=ThreadName TYPE=TEXT SIZE=40
>MAXLENGTH=40 VALUE=<@VAR ThreadName SCOPE=User ENCODING=MULTILINEHTML>> ---->
>problem
>
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