Multi-Select Box Not Displaying Values Passed From Grid?

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Coldfusion 8I inherited an application and am trying to maintain and improve it... hit a snag today.I have a multi-select box that is not displaying what I expect. The values come from a ColdFusion grid which is based off a database query.Here is the code for the select - does not work - nothing is selected:Now if I change the multiselect to a single select like below - it takes the first item in the field list (from the grid) and selects it in the drop down.Or if I assign a variable like this and use the multi-select code it seems to work as well. testlist = "22,26"; ...I have displayed the value of "User_IDs" in the grid and in the data entry part of the screen to see values of: 22,26to make sure that wasn't my issue.Do grids and multiselects require something additional? Any advice on how to resolve?

Janise123 · Accepted Answer

Problem was related to some javascript for the select box. There was a function for a single select box but not a multiple select box - this fixed it:

if(theForm.elements.type == "select-multiple"){

var selectBox = theForm.elements;

var sbname = selectBox.name;

cpvalue = String(eval('record.data.' + sbname));

var NotifyArray = cpvalue.split(',');

for (var j=0; j < selectBox.length; j++) {

selectBox.selected = false;

}

for (var j=0; j < selectBox.length; j++) {

sbvalue = selectBox.value;

for (var k=0; k < NotifyArray.length; k++){

if (sbvalue == NotifyArray){

selectBox.selected = true;

}

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