Re: textarea

<textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60> $descrip1 </textarea> "Diksha Neel" <diksha_neel@rediffmail.com> wrote in message news:20030413095810.5593.qmail@webmail23.rediffmail.com... > hi everybody, > > i want to know if the 'value' and 'name' attribute > of textarea operate just like textbox or not. > > in a form in a php page i have the following: > > <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 > name=\"descrip1\"></textarea> > > the first form is posted to the next which tries to > retrieve the value of the above textarea as follows: > > <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 > value=\"$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&&w n >