# Text area from database

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-area-from-database/160490>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 26, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-area-from-database/160490 "2005-08-26T09:43:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![adityadubey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@adityadubey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adityadubey)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-area-from-database/160490/1 "2005-08-26T09:43:03Z")

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hi! Is there a way I can add text from access database to a textarea in a form of an ASP page. I am able to do it on the textfield not textarea & option box. Any idea?

What I tried was :

\<textarea name=“placehere” cols=“50” maxlength=“1800” value="\<%=rs.fields(“Placethis”)%\>"\>\</textarea\>

But this doesn’t work!

Aditya