reshowing textarea fields Options

[evvo]

im coding a form and want to reshow any valid data to the user if they have omitted other required fields and not have to retype them.

using asp and its working fine for input and radiobuttons using the values in my session variables.

however where it falls down is for textarea fields which are probably the most important as users woont want to key them all in again if its another invalid field they need to complete.

im trying

CODE

<textarea name="jobduty" cols="40" <%=Session("strJobDuty")%>></textarea>

but the entered text is wiped out (on submit) even though the value is stored in this session variable if i write it to the screen.

how do i get this value to show in the textarea field?
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[paulbedford]

Guessing a bit, I don't know much about asp but I think you have a > in the wrong place. It should be before you print the data not afterwards.

CODE

<textarea name="jobduty" cols="40"><%=Session("strJobDuty")%></textarea>

[travis]

evvo,

Paul is right. Its not an .asp issue. Its just the relative location of where the value in the textarea tags needs to sit.

In between rather than inside like the rest of your input tags.