textarea no data

I have a html form that imports data from an access database.

Now the problem is when I try to import the data into a <textarea>. The data does not appear in the textarea. If I change ity to an input box then the data shows.

Is there anything special that needs to be done to enable the data to be visible

Cheers

B

Only difference, really, is that the <TEXTAREA> has no "Value" attribute.
Here is an example of how I did it;

<TD width=20% valign=top>
<textarea name="Notes" ROWS="10" COLS="30" WRAP="Virtual" onFocus="addReturn(this)" CONTENTEDITABLE = sCanEdit onChange="javascript:this.value=this.value.toUpperCase();"><%=rs("Notes") %></TextArea>
</TD>

Hope it helps.