Dependent drop down menu

[Andy1877]

I am currently in the process of building a site which will sell valves and fittings.

I want this site to have a search facility which utilises drop down menus to get to a final product.

Let me clarify, I want the first pull down menu to have the various manufacturers listed. The user selects one of these and the child menu of this parent will be populated by the various sizes of fitting available from that manufacturer. The user selects a size and the next menu, shape, is populated with the various sizes available. There is going to be five menus in total...manaufacturer, size, shape, configuration and flowfactor.

How could I go about this? Any ideas?

Also from the final menu I want to use the product found to access my database and pull details from it to display on the website. Is this possible?

 

[rhowes]

Hi,

What you want to do has very little to do with JavaScript. What you are looking for is a server-side technology like PHP or ASP to achieve your goal.

You would start with one drop down. After selecting you would return to the server, get the appropriate data for the next drop down from a database, and return to the client. Repeat until all filters set.

You are describing a faily complex bit of application logic and not really asking a JavaScript qustion ;-)

Cheers
Richard
(Johannesburg, South Africa)

 

[mwolf00]

This is an often asked question - do a keyword search in javascript and asp forums. Get the Best Answers! faq333-2924
Is this an asp FAQ? faq333-3048

mikewolf@tst-us.com

 

[drn]

this might help

http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/triplecombo.shtml