Variable not assigned?

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Join Date: Jan 2008

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Variable not assigned?

Jan 30th, 2008

Please take a lot at this. Tomcat is reporting the variable editQuestion cannot be resolved.

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<%
String key = request.getParameter("edit");
  ResultSet columns1 = statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM Questions WHERE ID ="+ key +"");
  
  while(columns1.next())
  {
    String editid = columns1.getString("ID");
    String editQuestion = columns1.getString("Question");
    String editAnswer = columns1.getString("Answer");
	String editUpdated = columns1.getString("Timestamp");
	String editAuthor = columns1.getString("Author");	
}
%>
<form action="viewFAQ.jsp" method="get">
<INPUT readonly TYPE="TEXT" NAME="ID" value="<%= key %>">
<TEXTAREA NAME="comments" COLS="40"ROWS="6"><%= editQuestion %></TEXTAREA>
</form>

Thanks