Witango-Talk: storing < and > w/ witango

[Atrix Wolfe]

hello, i have a problem im trying to solve.   I have a form with a textarea where a user enters some text, then they click Update and it takes that text and stores it in the database and brings them right back to the form (re-selecting and displaying their text from the database).  The problem im having is that it turns < and > into &lt and &gt.  if i update again, it turns &lt to &amp;&lt; and &gt to &amp;&gt;.  Ive tried various encoding= settings (including none!) but nothing seems to let a < remain a <.   Anyone know how to do this?   Thanx! -Atrix