Data in variables being truncated when assigned to text or hidden inputs

I have a template (myForm1.cfm) that is being posted to another template (Action1.cfm).

In myForm1.cfm I have a variable called myVar and I'm assigning it to myVar input box.

E.g., <INPUT NAME="myVar" TYPE="hidden" VALUE=#myVar#>

myVar may equal "This is a test" but when assigned to the input field, the field only contains the value "This". It's truncating at the spaces. Thus, when I try to reference #Form.myVar# in my action template, I get truncated data. Any ideas?

Thank you.

In my tag statement I didn't have double quotes around my variable when setting the value param

e.g., <INPUT NAME="myVar" TYPE="hidden" VALUE=#myVar#> should look like:

<INPUT NAME="myVar" TYPE="hidden" VALUE="#myVar#">