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hi everybody, i want to know if the 'value' and 'name' attribute of textarea operate just like textbox or not. in a form in a php page i have the following: <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 name=\"descrip1\"></textarea> the first form is posted to the next which tries to retrieve the value of the above textarea as follows: <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 value=\"$descrip1\"></textarea> but i am not getting the value of textarea of the first form retrieved in the second. wanted to know if what i have written is correct. thanks, diksha. _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&wn