Size of Textarea field

[Kush]

How can I limit the number of characters that a user can enter in a textarea? For example, in case of a <input TYPE=&quot;text&quot;>, one can use MAXLENGTH attribute to limit the number of charaters a user can enter. But there is no such option for <TEXTAREA>.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[tsdragon]

According to the &quot;Index of HTML 4.0 Elements&quot;, there isn't an attribute to limit the input size of a textarea. You'll have to do it programatically. I guess you could check each keypress and count them. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Kush]

Thanks tsdragon. I thought as much.

 

[crystalized]

What you can do is use the len() function and check the length that way as part of your form verification/submission process. I believe you can do this client side with javascript or server side in the asp code itself. I don't have a code sample but it would be something like:

if txaStuff.len()>100 then
....
end if

Unfortunately I don't remember if this is the correct syntax. Crystal
crystalized_s@yahoo.com

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[Kush]

Crystal,
Thanks for your response. I am using ColdFusion for my application and to restrict the number of characters to 100, I am using the Len() and the Mid() function. The syntax is like this:
<CFSET s = Trim(#Form.Name#)>
<CFIF Len(s) GT 100>
<CFSET s = #Mid(s, 1, 100)#>
</CFIF>

Kush