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[secretsquirrel]

i've got a form which, when filled out incorrectly, displays the form again populating the fields with what the user submitted.

it's easy enough for most of my fields...

<input name="firstName" value="<?=$firstName?>">

...etc.

the problem i've got is that i don't know how to display a drop down menu with a specific value selected, based on a users submission. obviously i can do the following...

<select name="title">
   <option value="Mr">Mr</option>
   <option value="Mrs">Mrs</option>
   <option value="Miss" selected>Miss</option>

...but this won't work dynamically. it's almost as if i need to write <select name="title" selected="<?=$title?>">, but that's clearly gibberish!

does anyone know how i can achieve this?

thanks in advance,

ss...

 

[tigerjade]

I've done this with Javascript in an onload function:

function fillOnLoad() {
   
	document.updateForm.selectField.value = "<%=insHowHeard%>";

}

cheers

tigerjade


Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Martin Golding

 

[secretsquirrel]

thanks tigerjade!

works a treat,

ss...

 

[ChrisHirst]

And dynamically with ASP could be

<%
strTitle = request.form("title")

dim i
dim bSelected
dim strArrayTitle(2)

strArrayTitle(0) = "Mr"
strArrayTitle(1) = "Mrs"
strArrayTitle(2) = "Miss"
%>

'...  etc


<select name="title">

<%
for i = 0 to ubound(strArrayTitle)
if strTitle = strArrayTitle(i) then
   bSelected = "selected"
else
   bSelected = ""
end if
response.write "<option value='" & strArrayTitle(i) & "' " & bSelected"> " & strArrayTitle(i) & vbCrLf
next
%>
</select>

this would then easily allow other options for title to be added to the array


Chris.

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[secretsquirrel]

tigerjade,

do you know how i'd do the same thing with a check box?

thanks in advance,

ss...

 

[tigerjade]

np, secret

i wrote it so you can pass in the form's name as well as the names of the checkboxes & the value you're pulling from the db:

function fillCheckBox(formName,name,param) {

   // formName is the name of the form (shock!)
   // name is name of checkboxes
   // param is value of preferred checkbox

   var tempForm = eval("document." + formName + "." + name);

   for (i = 0; i < tempForm.length; i++) {
      if (tempForm[i].value == param) {
         tempForm[i].checked = true;
      }
   }
}

enjoy!

tigerjade






"Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." -- Martin Golding

 

[secretsquirrel]

thanks again tigerjade!