I'm gonna guess that you've got CRs embedded or other text that needs escaping. Are you using pg_escape_string before the insert? On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Ângelo Marcos Rigo wrote: > Hi Scott > > It´s strange but whith a little amount of text the > update works. > I have the same script with text field and it works > fine. > > Now that i am using textarea because it handle a full > magazine article it is not working i do print $query > on the final script and return null. > > It updates the title and abstract but the article wich > has a huge amount of text (with html tags inserted > from a built in javascript html editor). > > Thank´s in advance > > --- "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxx> escreveu: > > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Ângelo Marcos Rigo wrote: > > > > > I have an update escript that works fine with text > > > fields but with an textarea version the script is > > > passing an empty value, for the "texto" field > > > Here is a snip of code that receives the values: > > > > > > $id = $_POST['id']; > > > $titulo = $_POST['titulo']; > > > $resumo = $_POST['resumo']; > > > $texto = $_POST['texto']; > > > print_r($texto); > > > include 'db.php'; > > > $query = "UPDATE revista SET titulo='$titulo', > > > resumo='$resumo', texto='$texto' WHERE id='$id'"; > > > > > > here is the "texto" field where i do write the > > > modifications to be updated: > > > > > > print ("<tr><td>Texto</td><td><textarea > > cols=\"90\" > > > rows=\"20\" value=\"$myrow[3]\" > > > name=\"texto\">$myrow[3]</textarea></td></tr>"); > > > > Hi Ângelo, welcome to the php list. > > > > Is the problem that the FORM is printed with an > > empty text area, or that, > > after entering text into the textarea that it > > doesn't get inserted into > > the database upon submission? > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the > > unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to > majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > ===== > Ângelo Marcos Rigo > AMR Informática > (51) 3348 0870 > Rua Pe. Alois Kades 400/210 > Porto Alegre /RS/Brasil > http://amr.freezope.org > angelo_rigo@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Desafio AntiZona - Um emocionante desafio de perguntas e respostas que > te dá um Renault Clio, kits de eletrônicos, computadores, notebooks e > mochilas. Cadastre-se, participe e concorra! > www.cade.com.br/antizona > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html >