# Collection error textarea

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/collection-error-textarea/46665>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\
**Created:** [March 10, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/collection-error-textarea/46665 "2025-03-10T19:00:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beblebroks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/collection-error-textarea/46665/1 "2025-03-10T19:00:03Z")

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Hi

currently I am having a collection with a property of `textarea`  
when i am looking at the output in the debugger I realized that it can be `number` or `string`. That should be the same and depending on the content.

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**Author:** ![Beblebroks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/collection-error-textarea/46665/2 "2025-03-10T19:04:23Z")

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nevermind … that just a display issue. `typeof` tells me both are string. the issue is something else.

the property text has 2 props … `text` and `name` and thats why the js function failed.