Re: Populate Popup Menu from Database

To let everyone know, I did apologize to Mr. Wong. I misunderstood what he was trying to ask me. I took it as he was saying "It's easy, what is "your" problem" rather than "What "is" your problem" . > From: Chris Shiflett <shiflett@php.net> > Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:50:14 -0500 > To: Mike Tuller <php@ce.anoka.k12.mn.us> > Cc: php mailing list <php-general@lists.php.net>, Jason Wong > <php-general@gremlins.com.hk> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database > > Mike Tuller wrote: > >> I only ask questions if I have tried to do something myself already. I am >> not looking for someone to do something for me. When I do ask a question >> though, I feel I deserve at least a little respect. If you want to be an >> ass, do it somewhere else. >> > It seems *you* are the one being an ass and needing to "do it somewhere > else." > > If you can't have enough respect for people trying to help you by > answering the simplest of questions (that should have been given in your > original question anyway), you don't deserve an answer. > > Here are Mr. Wong's questions again (very appropriate questions at > that). Perhaps if you offer him a sincere apology, thank him for his > time, and *answer* *his* *questions*, he might be willing to forgive > your poor attitude and offer you some help. > >>> There are two things you need to know: >>> >>> 1) How to construct a select list in HTML >>> 2) How to retrieve the info from the db >>> >>> What are you having problems with? >>> > If you don't know a damn thing, that's fine. An appropriate answer would > be, "I neither know how to construct a select list in HTML nor how to > retrieve information from a database." > > Chris >