List - character limitation, not allowing forms to be submitted

I have a question. I have created a form in Frontpage that once submitted goes into an access database and then the submissions can be viewed using ASPrunner generated code. The problem I'm having is one of the forms is a text area. The information being submitted in this field could be over 50 characters. The list page only shows 50 characters for this field. However if I submit more than 50 characters in this field, the submission says it was successful but it's not. I have changed the edit fields in ASPrunner to text area. Also if I edit them using the asprunner generated code, it only allows me to use 50 characters and cuts the rest off. What do I do to make this accept more than 50 characters and allow them to be submitted from a form? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!