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Retrieve select box text and value

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itchyII

itchyII

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Apr 10, 2001
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Hi Everyone,
I am trying to retrieve both the value and the text of a select box (this data will be placed in an email and sent). I know how to get the value of the select box but I can't seem to find anywhere how to get the text as well. Is it possible. Here is a snippit of my code...

My VBscript statement:

strSurveyOne = Trim(Request.Form("selSurveyOne")) & Empty
'this gets the value just fine...but no text

My HTML code:

<SELECT tabindex = "1" style="WIDTH: 175px" name="selSurveyOne" onchange=addComment("commentOne",this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)>
<OPTION value = "" selected>Please select</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 5>Always</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 4>Frequently</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 3>Sometimes</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 2>Never</OPTION> <OPTION value = 1>No Comment</OPTION>
</SELECT>

So basically, if the user has selected 'Frequently', I want strSurveyOne to contain "4 - Frequently". Can it be done without an enormous amount of code?
Thanks,
ItchyII
 
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this should be in the asp forum.

Code: 
<SELECT tabindex = "1" style="WIDTH: 175px" name="selSurveyOne" onchange=addComment("commentOne",this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)>
    <OPTION value="" selected>Please select</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="5-Always">Always</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="4-Frequently">Frequently</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="3-Sometimes">Sometimes</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="2-Never">Never</OPTION>
    <OPTION value="1-No Comment">No Comment</OPTION>
</SELECT>


if you need to seperate the values back out again - just split on (-) or use left and the position of the (-)
 
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I wasn't very happy with other replies to this question because I don't think the request was well enough comprehended, so I did my own checking on methods usable for the <select> form element. Turns out you can use options(selectedindex).text method in your script to acquire the value of the text within the <option>s of your <select> boxes.

Here's how I did it with the help of Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 197959 for Front Page:
=========================================
<html><head></head><title></title>
<script language=vbscript>
<!--
sub get_text_index()
dim aaa
aaa=document.form1.select1.selectedindex
b=document.form1.select1.options(aaa).value
c=document.form1.select1.options(aaa).text
d=b & " - " & c
document.form1.text1.value=d
end sub
-->
</script>
<body>
<form name=form1 method=post action="self.asp"><!-- unnecessary but I placed this here for script's-sake above -->
<select name="select1" value="0" style="width:100px" onclick="vbscript:get_text_index()">
<option selected value="">---select one---
<option value="1">Test A
<option value="2">Test B
<option value="3">Test C</select>
<input type="text" name=text1 width=50>
</form>
</body>
</html>
=========================================
Not the best programmer, but I hope that helps!
-Jeff
 
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So, for your code (reshown below):

You may be able to concatenate right from the 'get-go' like so:

<SELECT tabindex = "1" style="WIDTH: 175px" name="selSurveyOne" onchange=addComment("commentOne",this.options[this.selectedIndex].value & " - " & this.options[this.selectedIndex].text)>

I haven't tested this, but if so, then your variable 'strSurveyOne' in your .asp request will have the completed value without any need to parse it all in to the value of a hidden text box, as was done in my example, etc.
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My VBscript statement:

strSurveyOne = Trim(Request.Form("selSurveyOne")) & Empty
'this gets the value just fine...but no text

My HTML code:

<SELECT tabindex = "1" style="WIDTH: 175px" name="selSurveyOne" onchange=addComment("commentOne",this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)>
<OPTION value = "" selected>Please select</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 5>Always</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 4>Frequently</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 3>Sometimes</OPTION>
<OPTION value = 2>Never</OPTION> <OPTION value = 1>No Comment</OPTION>
</SELECT>

So basically, if the user has selected 'Frequently', I want strSurveyOne to contain "4 - Frequently". Can it be done without an enormous amount of code?
Thanks,
ItchyII
 
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How does that work with javascript turned off?

but to optimise ur code further try this:

Code: 
<select onChange="document.forms["formname"].elements["fieldname"].value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value[b]+[/b]' - '[b]+[/b]this.options[this.selectedIndex].text">
 
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Thanks everyone! I will try your suggestions!

ItchyII
 
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