# Text\_area\_tag

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-area-tag/139258>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 2, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-area-tag/139258 "2008-06-02T10:46:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-area-tag/139258/1 "2008-06-02T10:46:05Z")

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Hi  
How can I set value for text\_area\_tag…I tried  
\<%= text\_area\_tag “transfer\_reason#{div\_no}”, nil, :size =\> “50x1”,  
“value”=\>params[:transfer\_reason] %\>  
But not working

Thanks in advance  
Sijo

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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-area-tag/139258/2 "2008-06-02T10:52:13Z")

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text\_area\_tag(:name, “this is my text”)

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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-area-tag/139258/3 "2008-06-02T11:58:58Z")

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Hi  
Thanks  
Sijo