Why don't you just use the drop down's value and never use the hidden variable then? You could set the value as a string to pass more than one value from the drop down.
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Lee Fuller wrote: > Not netscape that I'm using. > > But let me clarify, this is what I want to do, and maybe this will make > more sense? > > On the form I have created, it dynamically looks to see if there is more > than one record in the db for a customer. If so, rather than simply > showing the name of the item, CF substitues a drop-down, listing all the > items. The issue is that this form shows the data for that item, so I > want to be able to have them simply change the drop-down, which in turn > causes the form to submit, thereby setting a hidden field holding the > new item name, which then gets sent to the form, is picked-up and used > as the new item to display. > > Make sense? > > Lee > > PS - We can take this off the list, if you like? But I thought others > might find it useful. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Don Vawter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:46 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: OT: Ok.. JS gurus... > > > > > > in netscape the select object doesn't have a value. could > > that be the problem. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lee Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:38 PM > > Subject: RE: OT: Ok.. JS gurus... > > > > > > > Hmm.. Ok.. But when I do this, (changing the "formName" to > > the name of > > > the form, and the "dropName" to the name of the drop-down), it does > > > not seem to pass the value to the hidden field. Should I > > not create > > > the hidden field ahead of time? > > > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:55 AM > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: Re: OT: Ok.. JS gurus... > > > > > > > > > > > > onchange="addhide(document.formName.dropName.value);" > > > > > > > > function addhide(VAL){ document.formName.hideName.value=VAL; > > > > document.formName.submit(); > > > > } > > > > > > > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Lee Fuller wrote: > > > > > > > > > Since we seem to be on the subject, I can't get anything to > > > > work, and > > > > > thought someone (prolly Dave <grin>) might have an answer > > > > for this... > > > > > > > > > > Need to include a drop-down in a form that, when changed > > > > (onchange), > > > > > will add a hidden field to the form, and submit it immediately. > > > > > > > > > > Send me somewhere to find it.. That's ok! ;) Just need to > > > > figure it > > > > > out. > > > > > > > > > > TTAIA > > > > > > > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
