populating the <textarea> tag from a db

[gettingold]

Ive been trying to find a way to populate a comments(<textarea>) field from a db.

All im getting returned are the quotes that encapsulate my call to the database

$Row3 = mysql_fetch_array ($Result2);

Print ("<tr><td>Comments</td><td><textarea class=textbox name=\"comments\" cols=25 rows=5>\"$Row3[comments]\"</textarea><br></td></tr> ");

If it were an <input > type tag i would call it via the value attribute value=\"$Row3[comments]. The fact that <textarea> hasnt got a value attribute means I cannot.

Ive tried putting the call inside the textarea tag and that also failed.

any pointers much appreciated

tia

rob

[gio2k]

$comments = $Row3["comments"]; // Note the double quotes
Print ("<tr><td>Comments</td><td><textarea class=textbox name=\"comments\" cols=25 rows=5>'$comments'</textarea><br></td></tr> ");

-Gio-

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echo '<tr><td>Comments</td><td><textarea class=textbox name="comments" cols=25 rows=5>'.$Row3['comments'].'</textarea><br></td></tr>';