Re: Remembering which option in a SELECT tag the user had chosen

On Wednesday 29 January 2003 12:48, Webapprentice wrote: > I have a SELECT on a web form. > > <select name="TimeChoice"> > <option value="Friday August 22, 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM">Friday August 22, > 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM</option> <option value="Friday August 22, 06:00 PM - > 08:00 PM">Friday August 22, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM</option> <option > value="Friday August 22, 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM">Friday August 22, 08:00 PM - > 10:00 PM</option> <option value="Friday August 22, 10:00 PM - 12:00 > AM">Friday August 22, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM</option> <option > value="Saturday > August 23, 12:00 AM - 02:00 AM">Saturday August 23, 12:00 AM - 02:00 > AM</option> <option value="Saturday August 23, 12:00 PM - 02:00 > PM">Saturday August 23, 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM</option> <option [snip] > Only one option may be chosen > > When I submit this form, there could be errors. When I have errors, I > wish to reprint the form with the user's values remembered. In the > reprinted SELECT tag, one of the OPTION tags will now have a SELECTED > attribute. Is there any elegant way to insert the SELECTED attribute on > the right option? The way to do it is to programmatically output the <SELECT> element. Store the options in an array, then step through the array building up the <SELECT> and <OPTION> tags inserting "selected" where appropriate. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* You seek to shield those you love and you like the role of the provider. */