Watch Out : mySELECTBOX.add(newOption);
Not supported in Netscape 4+ !!
Plus dynamic <select sizing (.size property) not supported in NS4+
either......
Plus option width setting requires a default <option>xxxxxxxxxx
entry....again, Netscape only requires this!!
Love those NS exceptions !
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cogley, Jonathan
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 8:20 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Design choices: JSP & Javascript
>
>
> Why not use some of Javascript's OO features for example ...
>
> // This javascript client side code should be generated from server side
> code
> // from your data source
>
> var myData = new Array();
>
> myData[0] = new Array();
> var myData[0].name = 'Fred';
> var myData[0].dob = '05/07/1950';
>
> myData[1] = new Array();
> var myData[1].name = 'Susan';
> var myData[1].dob = '05/09/1950';
>
> myData[2] = new Array();
> var myData[2].name = 'Joe';
> var myData[2].dob = '05/08/1950';
>
>
> You now have a Javascript object (really just an array) with records
> containing properties relating to your data.
>
> You can then use a client-side function to populate a drop-down
> for example
> ...
>
> function populateDropDown() {
> for (var n=0; n < myData.length; n++) {
> var newOption = new Option(myData[n].name);
> newOption.value = n;
> newOption.dob = myData[n].dob;
> mySELECTBOX.add(newOption);
> }
> }
>
>
> I like this way of doing this and with a small amount of records being
> displayed the
> amount of content downloaded to the browser is not excessive.
>
> Cheers,
> J
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rohit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 23 June, 2000 12:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Design choices: JSP & Javascript
>
>
> M. Simms wrote:
> > Lots of considerations here.......JavaScript can keep your
> server requests
> > lower....
> > however, when databases are involved.........unless you can generate
> > JavaScript arrays of small size (<200 items) and "pre-load" the
> HTML with
> > the data needed to process the screen, you are talking several
> server-side
> > trips.
> >
> > JavaScript's only real data repository with any usefulness is arrays.
>
> Could someone please tell me how to "pre-load" HTML files.
>
>
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