/*  
*  
* Textarea Maxlength Setter JQuery Plugin  
* Version 1.0  
*  
* Copyright (c) 2008 Viral Patel  
* website : http://viralpatel.net/blogs  
*  
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:  
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php  
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html  
* 
*/
jQuery.fn.maxlength = function(){       
    $("textarea").keypress(function(event){         
        var key = event.which;

        //all keys including return.         
        if (key >= 33 || key == 13) {
            var maxLength = $(this).attr("maxlength");
            var length = this.value.length;
            if (length >= maxLength) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }
    }); 
}