JS populating select box--problem

[middletree]

I have a <select box that will potentially have several hundred entries, populated from a SQL Server db. The value of each option will be a number, but the part that users will see is a string (person's name). In order to
break up the large list of names, I have links to the left. Each link is one letter of the alphabet. Click the W, and the select box only populates with those whose last name begins with W.

It works fine, but the dropdown as is has a few blank spaces at the top. For example, click the letter W and you'll see a few empty options before the first name in the list. I have been unable to make those extra empty entries disappear. Ideally, I'd like "Select One" to be the pre-selected value.

The page can be viewed at

http://site432.mysite4now.net/biegster/site1/m.asp

Please note that there are currently only a few names that populate the dropdown, but in short order, that number will grow to several hundred. For now, click 'G', 'S' or 'W' to see a name show up, and any other letter will have
an empty dropdown. Unless I add some more names after this is posted.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Change this:

frm.MemberName.options[i] = new Option(strFullName, strValue)

to this:

frm.MemberName.options[[!]i - 1[/!]] = new Option(strFullName, strValue)

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[middletree]

Thanks, but the behavior was exactly the same. And yes, I cleared out my cache to make sure I was getting the new changed js file.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Well - it works fine for me using the code I gave you on your own site with the URL posted above... so perhaps you are viewing a cached version

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

(btw - I checked in IE 7 and Fx 1.5)

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[middletree]

Resolved by going back to that same line we discussed, and adding a different index. I used the new index in that one line.

thanks very much for your help.