how t orestore values back to drop down list afterpost back

[gotonagle]

hi , i m new to asp and leraning it...
i have only one page in which i take some values like name, dob and education degree. after post back i return to this page iteslf.. but the values in dropdown list is not tha what i hadve selected(coz it do not support viewstates).
is there any method to retrive the values back in drop down.
for text i m usoing like this.
<tr>
<td align="right" > Name : </td>
<td><input type=text id=txtName name=Name style="width: 300px" value="<%=reque st.Form("Name") %>" /></td>
</tr>

and for drop down i m using like this.......
<tr>
<td align="right"> Qualification : </td>
<td><select style="width: 300px" id= ddlDegree name=degree>
<option value="1" <%=BE %> >BE</option>
<option value="2" <%=BTECH %>>B TECH</option>
<option value="3" <%=MCA %>>MCA</option>
<option value="4" <%=MBA %>>MBA</option>
<option value="5" <%=MTECH %>>M TECH</option>
</select></td>
</tr>

<%
select case (request.Form(" degree"))

case "1"
BE="selected"
case "2"
BTECH="selected "
case "3"
MCA="selected"
case "4"
MBA="selected"
case "5"
MTECH="selected "

end select
%>


but what if i have too many values in drop down.. is ther any better way to do this???
pls help..
thnx in advance.

[stepterr]

hi , i m new to asp and leraning it...
i have only one page in which i take some values like name, dob and education degree. after post back i return to this page iteslf.. but the values in dropdown list is not tha what i hadve selected(coz it do not support viewstates).
is there any method to retrive the values back in drop down.
for text i m usoing like this.
<tr>
<td align="right" > Name : </td>
<td><input type=text id=txtName name=Name style="width: 300px" value="<%=reque st.Form("Name") %>" /></td>
</tr>

and for drop down i m using like this.......
<tr>
<td align="right"> Qualification : </td>
<td><select style="width: 300px" id= ddlDegree name=degree>
<option value="1" <%=BE %> >BE</option>
<option value="2" <%=BTECH %>>B TECH</option>
<option value="3" <%=MCA %>>MCA</option>
<option value="4" <%=MBA %>>MBA</option>
<option value="5" <%=MTECH %>>M TECH</option>
</select></td>
</tr>

<%
select case (request.Form(" degree"))

case "1"
BE="selected"
case "2"
BTECH="selected "
case "3"
MCA="selected"
case "4"
MBA="selected"
case "5"
MTECH="selected "

end select
%>


but what if i have too many values in drop down.. is ther any better way to do this???
pls help..
thnx in advance.

Typically what I do is include an if statement within my options. Such as:

<option value="1" <%if (request.Form(" degree")=1)then %>selected<%en d if%>>BE</option>

[gotonagle]

yaa i got it
thnx for help

[gotonagle]

thnx agian for ur help and i hpope you will chck it again

i have one concern in ths that
would it not create more complexity coz for first time i was checking for value only once and here i have to checjk for every item in select box..
my question was if i have less no of items in my dropdown than my code was ok but what if i have large no of items in that...

pls let me know if m concern is wrong or any better thing we can do....
thnx again :)

[jhardman]

Are you generating the dropdown list from an array or a db? if so, you can do something like this:

do until rs.eof %>
   <option value="<%=rs("myFieldName")%>"
   <% if request("thisInputName") = rs("myFieldName") then response.write "selected"%>
   ><%=rs("myFieldName")%></option>
   <%
   rs.movenext
loop

Let me know if this helps.

Jared