Displaying hyperlinks contained in Access database

[avaffa]

I have created a database that contains hyperlinks in field "A." I have also developed a web page that retrieves info contained in field "A" into a textarea box.

PROBLEM: The hyperlinks are not being displayed as links, but instead as the actual HTML code (e.g. <a href=...></a>

How can I get the info to be displayed as links so that users can click on them?

Thanks!

 

[neilharris]

Just write them out to the page without putting them in a text area.

 

[avaffa]

I'm placing the info in a textarea box so that users can update their info and resubmit it to the database.

 

[neilharris]

The links will not be active as hyperlinks within the textarea.
The alternative would be to place them in the text area for editing and elsewhere on the page to allow them to function properties on links.