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  • Scott
    #1

    Combo Value and Name

    If I click the "Update" button on my form below, I can retrieve the value of
    my combo by using code in the FORM RESULTS section below. Therefore, if I
    choose the "Inside" option in my combo, I would get "1" as the value of my
    combo box.

    Is there any way to retrieve the Name associated with the value? So not only
    retrieve the combo value of 1, but also retrieve the name "Inside" after
    submitting my form?



    FORM RESULTS *************** *******

    cboMachineArea= Request.Form("c boMachineArea")


    FORM CODE *************** *********

    <form name="DataForm" method=post action="form_te st.asp">

    <font face="Verdana,s ans-serif" size="2">Name</font><br>

    <input type="textbox" size=30 name="Full Name" value="My Test Name"><br>
    <font face="Verdana,s ans-serif" size="2">Area</font><br>
    <select name="cboArea" id="cboArea">
    <OPTION value="1" selected>Inside </option>
    <OPTION value="2">Outsi de</option>
    </select>

    <br>
    <input type=submit name="DataFormS ubmit" value="Update">
    </form>



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    • Ray Costanzo [MVP]
      #2
      Re: Combo Value and Name

      No, browser don't post that data back to the server. Either look the text
      value back up from the same source you used to generate the dropdown box in
      the first page, or include the text value in the option value and parse it
      out.

      <select name="cboArea">
      <option value="1,Inside ">1</option>
      <option value="2,Outsid e">2</option>
      </select>


      <%

      Dim aParts
      aParts = Split(Request.F orm("cboArea"), ",")

      Response.Write "ID value = " & aParts(0) & "<hr>"
      Response.Write "Text value = " & aParts(1)

      %>

      Ray at work


      "Scott" <sbailey@milesl umber.comwrote in message
      news:%231T9t79x GHA.4092@TK2MSF TNGP04.phx.gbl. ..
      If I click the "Update" button on my form below, I can retrieve the value
      of my combo by using code in the FORM RESULTS section below. Therefore, if
      I choose the "Inside" option in my combo, I would get "1" as the value of
      my combo box.
      >
      Is there any way to retrieve the Name associated with the value? So not
      only retrieve the combo value of 1, but also retrieve the name "Inside"
      after submitting my form?
      >
      >
      >
      FORM RESULTS *************** *******
      >
      cboMachineArea= Request.Form("c boMachineArea")
      >
      >
      FORM CODE *************** *********
      >
      <form name="DataForm" method=post action="form_te st.asp">
      >
      <font face="Verdana,s ans-serif" size="2">Name</font><br>
      >
      <input type="textbox" size=30 name="Full Name" value="My Test Name"><br>
      <font face="Verdana,s ans-serif" size="2">Area</font><br>
      <select name="cboArea" id="cboArea">
      <OPTION value="1" selected>Inside </option>
      <OPTION value="2">Outsi de</option>
      </select>
      >
      <br>
      <input type=submit name="DataFormS ubmit" value="Update">
      </form>
      >
      >
      >

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        • Mike Brind
          #3
          Re: Combo Value and Name

          Or, if that really is the select group's options and ithey will never
          change, drop the value altogether. It doesn't seem to serve any
          purpose in this example:

          <select name="cboArea">
          <option>Insid e</option>
          <option>Outside </option>
          </select>

          Ray's suggestions are the best option (no pun intended) for lists that
          may change or ones that are generated dynamically.

          --
          Mike Brind

          Ray Costanzo [MVP] wrote:
          No, browser don't post that data back to the server. Either look the text
          value back up from the same source you used to generate the dropdown box in
          the first page, or include the text value in the option value and parse it
          out.
          >
          <select name="cboArea">
          <option value="1,Inside ">1</option>
          <option value="2,Outsid e">2</option>
          </select>
          >
          >
          <%
          >
          Dim aParts
          aParts = Split(Request.F orm("cboArea"), ",")
          >
          Response.Write "ID value = " & aParts(0) & "<hr>"
          Response.Write "Text value = " & aParts(1)
          >
          %>
          >
          Ray at work
          >
          >
          "Scott" <sbailey@milesl umber.comwrote in message
          news:%231T9t79x GHA.4092@TK2MSF TNGP04.phx.gbl. ..
          If I click the "Update" button on my form below, I can retrieve the value
          of my combo by using code in the FORM RESULTS section below. Therefore, if
          I choose the "Inside" option in my combo, I would get "1" as the value of
          my combo box.

          Is there any way to retrieve the Name associated with the value? So not
          only retrieve the combo value of 1, but also retrieve the name "Inside"
          after submitting my form?



          FORM RESULTS *************** *******

          cboMachineArea= Request.Form("c boMachineArea")


          FORM CODE *************** *********

          <form name="DataForm" method=post action="form_te st.asp">

          <font face="Verdana,s ans-serif" size="2">Name</font><br>

          <input type="textbox" size=30 name="Full Name" value="My Test Name"><br>
          <font face="Verdana,s ans-serif" size="2">Area</font><br>
          <select name="cboArea" id="cboArea">
          <OPTION value="1" selected>Inside </option>
          <OPTION value="2">Outsi de</option>
          </select>

          <br>
          <input type=submit name="DataFormS ubmit" value="Update">
          </form>

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