How to clear the textarea?

hi there! i have a form with a textarea(the value is taken out from the database)
i would like to know if it is possible to erase contents in that file and not delete it using asp or javascript? or is there a way to select all the text in that textarrea and clear it? thanks in advance

If you have a form with a value in the text area, just change the form... You are the one who controls what is displayed. Or am I not understanding your question? makes no sense to me.

Like karsh44 says, it makes no sense to me!

Re-read your post for a second...
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hi there! i have a form with a textarea(the value is taken out from the database)
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OK so you fill in the <textarea> with data from your database.
So far so good.

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I would like to know if it is possible to erase contents in that file and not delete it using asp or javascript?
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What file ???
You're talking about a file but what file???
The ASP file holding your <textarea> ???

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or is there a way to select all the text in that textarrea and clear it?
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Well there is always a way to do something, it's you the programmer that has to think!
Now, one way would be to create a <button> that has an onclick attribute calling a javascript function for example.

That function would clear/erase the entire content of your <textarea>
But is that what you want???

You could also have a <button> that once clicked, selects *all* the content of the <textarea>, the user can then press the DELETE button on his keyboard!
But is that what you want???

Anyway...Hope this helps!
Sincerely

Vlince