In article <f95f42c8.0310090842.41cdc99d@posting.google.com >,
Susan_Williamson@amsec.com says...[color=blue]
> The user is typing in a mechanical problem description. One field is
> a "Part number" - when the user types that in and moves off that field
> I have to go to another table with that part number and lookup the
> "Description" of that part number, I then have to auto-fill that text
> box on the screen. I can do it with a Submit button but the customer
> wants this to happen automatically (!darn customers!) without having
> to click on anything.[/color]
Susan, I don't understand your problem well enough to answer your
question, but I do have a couple of comments.
First, this problem would be trivial in .NET. Perhaps that's not an
option for you.
Secondly, another group here at work has a sort of related situation.
What they do is bring an entire table of data over to the client along
with the form. Then as the user moves around on the form they use
javascript to update various fields. Note that our application runs on
an intranet, and we have complete control over browsers and settings.
-- Rick