Gerald Staruiala wrote:
> I would read the list box via Javascript and pass it back to the servlet.
> I think that would be the path of least resistance.
No, the selected value of a drop-down menu is sent to the servlet as
a regular parameter with the name given to the SELECT tag. There's no
need to use JavaScript (I don't even see how that would help).
Example:
<SELECT NAME=foo>
<OPTION VALUE=1>A
<OPTION VALUE=2>B
</SELECT>
In the servlet get the selected value with
String value = request.getParameter("foo");
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>Yogesh Agarwal wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have a problem and I am stuck with it for quite sometime now. I am
>> using JDBC in servlets and I have a drop down menu where the options are
>> read from the database.
>> Now I want to read the selectedIndex from the drop down menu and use it
>> as a key to retrieve data from the tables. I am not able to figure out
>> how do I read the selectedIndex in a servlet. Any detailed help is
>> appreciated.
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