set value for input text or textarea

Question

I can use following code to set cfinput text and cftextarea a value from my database, but following code fails for html standard components like

<input type="text"> or textarea.

Are there any way to set value from database for standard controls?

Your help and information is great appreciated,

regards,

Iccsi,

Carl Von Stetten · Accepted Answer

@Iccsi,You didn't give much of an explanation of "following code fails", so we're shooting in the dark here. First thought though is: did you wrap the HTML form or input tag with a tag? The tag includes the functionality of already, which might be why your code works but doesn't.Rule of thumb when trying to output ColdFusion variable values to the page: if you aren't inside a ColdFusion tag designed to output data to the page (like CFFORM, CFMAIL, etc.), you need to have an enclosing tag somewhere.-Carl V.

BKBK · Answer

iccsi wrote:... but following code fails for html standard components like or textarea. Strictly speaking, the code doesn't fail. It simply stores the string "#mySP.MyValue#" as the value of form.Mytext.

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