Conversion problem in jsp

Question

Hi!
I have a jsp page which has a comment textarea. user can enter comment in it. when submitted comment gets stored into database. and in next jsp page comment filed same comment gets retrieved from database and gets displayed.
my problem is:
1>suppose user puts the comment as follows in the textarea.
<script language="javascript">
window.alert("hello xyz;)");
</script>
2>This script gets stored in database. and when is retrieved from database tobe displayed in the next jsp page, it keeps giving alertbox with xyz text in it.
3>My requirement is I want to store the comment as it is entered by the user in the textarea i.e as
<script language="javascript">
window.alert("hello xyz;)");
</script>
and when it is retrieved from database, i want to populate the next jsp comment textarea field again as same script content i.e
<script language="javascript">
window.alert("hello xyz;)");
</script>
But, I want to make this happen without the browzer giving me that alertbox with text "xyz". I dont want it to give that alert box any more.
How can I achieve this?
thanks,
pp

Answer 1

yes i did that conversion. but in my next jsp the comment gets printed as follows.
& lt;script language=& quot;javascript& quot;& gt; window.alert(& quot;hello rajesh ;)& quot;); & lt;/script& gt;
instead of:
<script language="javascript">
window.alert("hello rajesh ;)");
</script>
shouldnt the browser render the effect of & lt; & gt; effectively??
pp