asp and forms.......

[rammy]

Hi,

I have a combobox on my asp page

Example:

<select name="test">
<option value=a>aaa</option>
<option value=b>bbb</option>
<option value=c>ccc</option>
</select>

(I've retreived the data from the database.)

Is there any way I can get the selected text using asp. using request.form("test") will only give me the value and not the text.

Any ideas anyone???

Thanx

[shaunmccallig]

Afraid I can't give a very specific answer but I think you might need the Javascript manual for this one...

Create a hidden field in the form (this will be to hold the value of the selected text)

Then you can use Javascript to create a function that gets called by the form OnSubmit event...

..hees the form declaration:

<FORM NAME="myForm" onSubmit="return GetSelectedText()">

The function should use the selectedIndex property of a select box to detect the selected item and it´s text...
something like ...

function GetSelectedText(){

this.form.myhiddenfield.value
= this.form.myselectfield[selectedIndex].text;

return true;
}

NB Netscape is sensitive about the case of "selectedIndex" so use a small "s" and a large "I"!

...then the form gets submitted & you´ve got the selected text.

...This is pretty much "off the top of my head". No doubt somebody will send in the exact code, or a better solution... but if not, here´s a starter

[Cander]

remove the value=

you might want to add the text to the value and then trim it off again? so you end up with both values at once.

good luck

[rammy]

Thanx everyone,

It works in javascript but needed to do it from ASP. anyway figured it out. I added both fields from the database to the value(i needed the value coz i have to insert it back into the database) separated by a "-" and then used the split function to separate them.

Thanx again.

[Zaf Khan]

Hi Rammy,

I always thought the correct way was to use the id property....

<select name="test">
  <option id="a" value=a>aaa</option>
  <option id="b" value=b>bbb</option>
  <option id="c" value=c>ccc</option>
</select>

and when you slcik the submit button and send it to the form that does the processing....

Simply

Select Case Request.Form("test")
  Case "a"
    ' something here
  Case "b"
    ' something here
  Case "c"
    ' something here
End Select

DocZaf
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[rammy]

Hi Zaf,

but whats the difference between using id" and "value" ????

[Zaf Khan]

Hi Rammy,

I think ID is an Attribute and Value is content

Its to do with where it occurs in the tag.

<TAGX attributes here>Content here</TAGX>

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