Sending value from dropdown

[Annelize]

Hi

I have a dropdown populated by my recordset. I pass the value of the dropdown to a onchange function using 'this.value'. Is there a way I can send the Name that's displayed to the function instead, WITHOUT assigning it to the value property of the select?

Here is my dropdown

Response.Write "<td><select id=drpGroup name=drpGroup class=dropdown size=1 onchange=Onchange_Group(this.value);>"

do while not rs2.eof
   Response.Write "<option value=" & rs2("iRoleId") & " selected>" & rs2("vRoleDescription") & "</option>"
   rs2.movenext
loop

and my javascript function

function Onchange_Group(value)
{
  alert(value);  //this will give me the roleId and not the role description
}

Thanks in advance

 

[prasadalone]

try this this.text

 

[Annelize]

Nope, it sends a value 'undefined'

 

[Modica82]

change your onchange to this

onChange="this.options[this.selectedIndex].value"

Rob

 

[Annelize]

Thanks for the help both of you!

In the end the following worked:

this.options[this.selectedIndex].[b]text[/b]

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