Maximum length on a textarea in Ruby on Rails

Question

I tried applying the :maxlenght => 40 on a textarea on my form. But it didn\'t work out. Can we have a length limit on a textarea?

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Answer 1

Could it be due to a typo?

":maxlenght => 40 " in your post is misspelt.

EDIT:

I didn't read your post carefully. I think there is no maxlength attribute for textarea in HTML. You will have to handle it in JavaScript. There is more information in "MaxLength on a Textarea".