newbie-option list

[Anon]

I have a form set up that is much like a guestbook with a option list that gathers his information from another table. Once info is entered into the db you can edit it through the admin section (another form) when you select the record you want to edit all the info is populated back into the form. My problem is that the info entered in the optionfield isn't populating with the corresponding data. If i change the textarea to <input type="text"> it populates fine, but this doesn't suit my needs. Can someone help this php-newbie out please?

[Anon]

not sure if this is the solution, but maybe it's a syntax issue?

text input fields are laid out as:

<input type="text" name="name" value="$value">

whereas textareas are laid out:

<textarea name="name">$value</textarea>

if this isn't the problem, just ignore me ;-)