On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:10:49 -0700, Jim Barrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just to make sure I understand what's happening..... > You display a page, user selects from first list, the page submits, the action does > it's thing, and populates the second list, then the user selects from that list, > submits and at that point you only have the first selection and not the second. In > addition the javascript seems to know what's going on, but the form bean doesn't. close. :) i display a page with two dropdowns. the first one is populated. after selecting a value from the first dropdown my action should get that dropdowns value out of the form and use that value to get the contents of the other dropdown and then return to the same JSP. the javascript that i'm using to submit the form checks to make sure the dropdown value isn't = -1. then it submits the form. i've added an alert to the javascript and am able to see the value of the dropdown there. however, in the action when i try to get the dropdowns value out of the form i only get -1, the initial value. the form is able to get textfield values from the JSP, but not the select values... > > I would try a dummy action that would fill both lists, then select from both lists > and get that working, then I would try doing it your way. I have a sneaking > suspicion that there is something funky going on with the javascript, but don't know > what it would be. Eliminating it and getting the basic operations working first > would be a good start. > the second dropdown relies on the selected value of the first dropdown. using the javascript to submit the form was the only option i could think of since i could use the onchange event to resubmit the form. is there a better way to to that? i really don't think the javascript is causing the problem since i'm able to display both the value of the dropdown and textfield in alert boxes when submitting. but for some reason the form or action doesn't pick up the selected value of the dropdown... andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
