rodry has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
I wrote a script that generates a form and populates it with data from a Mysql database. I fill in all the <value> tags with the information I pull from the query.
However, some of the fields have a restrictive set of values that I would like the user to select from a pull-down menu (like a list of countries). I do this by using the <select> tag.
Here comes the problem. When I display the data on the menu, it displays only the first value on the list, not the corresponding value I am populating from the query.
I need to find a way to "print" the <selected> attribute of the <option> tag the correct item. The item list itself comes from a table in the database.
I thought about writing a function that was to be called when it was time to display the pull-down menu, but I realized that I would have to destroy the statement handle before the script finished displaying all the data.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Selecting a value on a pull-down menu
by wardk (Deacon) on Oct 02, 2000 at 22:15 UTC | |
Re: Selecting a value on a pull-down menu
by jreades (Friar) on Oct 02, 2000 at 22:14 UTC | |
RE: Selecting a value on a pull-down menu
by isotope (Deacon) on Oct 02, 2000 at 22:00 UTC | |
by rodry (Beadle) on Oct 02, 2000 at 22:12 UTC | |
Re: Selecting a value on a pull-down menu
by jptxs (Curate) on Oct 03, 2000 at 00:59 UTC |