drop down box

Forum|Forum|18 years ago
July 12, 2007
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I have the form with three required fields: center, lastname, and org.
Supposed, user select the dropbox center then enter last name and hit the submit button without select the org code. If it happend then message pop up and they have to select the value from center box but the value from org code they selected at the first time was gone. How do I keep that value? The code I have for text box is worked but when I apply for drop box then it doesn’t.

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Correct answer

Here's a way that has worked for me.

In the HEAD:

<script>
function checkMenu(theForm, theMenu, theValue) {
if(theValue=="0")
return false;
else
return true;
}
</script>

In the CFFORM:

<cfselect name="Staff"
class="c1"
Required="yes"
Message="You must select a Staff Person"
onValidate="checkMenu">
<OPTION VALUE=0 Selected>-- Please select a Staff Person --
<cfloop query="mncstaff">
<option value="<cfoutput>#mncstaff.mncstaff#</cfoutput>" ><cfoutput>#mncstaff.Last_Name#, #mncstaff.First_Name#</cfoutput></option>
</cfloop>
</cfselect>

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Anonymous

Correct answer

Here's a way that has worked for me.

In the HEAD:

<script>
function checkMenu(theForm, theMenu, theValue) {
if(theValue=="0")
return false;
else
return true;
}
</script>

In the CFFORM:

<cfselect name="Staff"
class="c1"
Required="yes"
Message="You must select a Staff Person"
onValidate="checkMenu">
<OPTION VALUE=0 Selected>-- Please select a Staff Person --
<cfloop query="mncstaff">
<option value="<cfoutput>#mncstaff.mncstaff#</cfoutput>" ><cfoutput>#mncstaff.Last_Name#, #mncstaff.First_Name#</cfoutput></option>
</cfloop>
</cfselect>

K

kt03Author

Inspiring

it worked, thanks alot

D

Dan_Bracuk

Inspiring

Then you can do it the hard way, which is to write your own javascript. I learned js by buying the book, "Teach Yourself Javascript in 24 Hours" by SAMS publishing. Alternatively, there are tutorials on the internet.

Just so you know, required="yes" is a useless atttibute for <cfselect>. It will always have a value when you submit the form. It might not be the one you want, but it will have one.

D

Dan_Bracuk

Inspiring

The easiest way to handle this is to delete the option tags where the value = 0.

K

kt03Author

Inspiring

I don't want to set it by defaul because I need user to select what they need.

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