Sorry if anything here is impractical, but here's a couple of thoughts... If you wish to limit the user to make one search only...
* Make an input box to enter the search value, and a drop-down box to specify the search type. * If using several input boxes, you could use JS. When user starts typing in one search box, JS blanks the others. And/or, on form accepts make an onvalidation function and return false if more than one box completed. You may also wish to consider allowing the user to specify multiple searches at the same time. If he fills in 3 boxes, do 3 searches and list all the results. Regards, D On Mar 6, 8:11 am, annet <annet.verm...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Jonathan, > > Thanks for the link, indeed the first reply is very useful. > > @David, > > Thanks for posting your idea. > > > It wasn't obvious to me why you needed two forms. Why not use one and > > test to see what has been filled in? > > Because I could not figure out how to test what has been filled in. > > I am working on a sort of back-office part of a cms. The back-office > user should be able to search for company data entering either the > company name and city of residence or the two part registration number > at the Chamber of Commerce or the two part postal code. Since > 'either .. or' has to be clear and for example the sub-dossier-number > of the CoC registration and the numeric part of a postal code are both > four characters long, I couldn't think of anything else than using > three forms. > > Kind regards, > > Annet.
