diff --git a/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt
index 2152308b4..3a4fe25a9 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  - fix: WebGUI creating bad Live Bookmarks for all SyndicatedObjects
  - fix: RSS Feeds Don't Combine
  - fix: Suspicious code in SyndicatedContent.pm
+ - fix: MySQL5.0.9 bug
+ - fix: DataForm corrupts text area fields
 
 6.99.2
  - fix - demo.plainblack.com getting started
diff --git a/docs/install.txt b/docs/install.txt
index 0e3a5d33b..8e4a43dca 100644
--- a/docs/install.txt
+++ b/docs/install.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PerlRequire /data/WebGUI/sbin/preload.perl
         PerlSetVar WebguiConfig www.example.com.conf
 </VirtualHost>
 
-3. Install MySQL 5.0 or higher.
+3. Install MySQL 5.0.10 or higher.
 
 4. Install Image Magick 6.0 or higher.
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/DataForm.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/DataForm.pm
index 4fb764896..b2f662dd7 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/DataForm.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/DataForm.pm
@@ -613,16 +613,6 @@ sub purge {
     	$self->SUPER::purge();
 }
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub sanitizeUserInput {
-	my $self = shift;
-	my $content = shift;
-	my $contentType = shift || "text";
-	my $msg = WebGUI::HTML::format($content, $contentType);
-	
-	return $msg;
-}
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub sendEmail {
 	my $self = shift;
@@ -1093,7 +1083,6 @@ sub www_process {
 		if ($row{status} eq "required" || $row{status} eq "editable") {
 			$value = $self->session->form->process($row{name},$row{type},$row{defaultValue});
 			WebGUI::Macro::filter(\$value);
-			$value = $self->sanitizeUserInput($value) unless ($row{type} eq "HTMLArea");
 		}
 		if ($row{status} eq "required" && ($value =~ /^\s$/ || $value eq "" || not defined $value)) {
 			push (@errors,{