When retrieving info for editing, how does a text box differs from a textarea box?

The following code retrieves information just fine, but with single line:
<input name="Keywords" type="text" value="<% = rsVIPP("Keywords") %>" size="50" maxlength="1000">

however the same thing doesn't work with multi line. Why?
<textarea name="Keywords" cols="50" rows="10"><% = rsVIPP("Keywords") %></textarea>

Thanks.
M

You may find that you have a carriage return in your data, which will need to be converted to a <br> or a <p> in HTML for the formatting to work.

I think I know what you are talking about, but I am not sure what you mean. I have extensive keywords in each field that runs several lines. I might have brought these carriage returns over from notepad's Word Warp(?).

So would I need to put a <br> at the end of the line in the Access field, or place special code into the form? Or what is the solution for it?

Can you provide some more clarity on what issue you are experiencing ? If it is the wrapping of text then there is a NOWRAP attribute on some HTML elements, you can also use the REPLACE function to replace the Char codes 10 and 13.

I seem a little lost here on what is going on. But I had a problem that my database wouldn't take my information because I was letting the page do default wrapping. You might want to try doing a wrap="virtual" or wrap="physical" in your textarea tag. I did this on mine and I was to post to the database AND it wrapped in the textarea box.

Thanks for the advice. Virtual Wrap did not solve the problem but NOWRAP did. Now the text appears in the textarea box.
Here is what I did:
<textarea name="Keywords" cols="50" rows="5" wrap="nowrap"></textarea>

Thanks again.