drop down list onchange event

Hai friends.I have a pblm with my drop down list onchange event.The pblm is as follow

I have a drop drown list with items 1,2 ,3 etc.
On selecting an item from the drop down list i want to populate that much text boxes for entering values.for example if i select 3 , three text boxes are to be created.if 1, one text box like that. So with out reloading this page can i achieve my need?Most of the time the funtion for reloading the page is called on the Onchange event of the drop down list. But i don't want to reload the page.Am using PHP coding.so please help me as soon as possible.looking forward for a reply.

May 29 '07 #1

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May 29 '07 #2

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put all the fields (Text Boxes or any other controls) hidden.
and populate all the fileds as visible whenever u want.
i think u understand my point.
best of luck.

kind regards.
dmjpro.

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Hai friends.I have a pblm with my drop down list onchange event.The pblm is as follow

I have a drop drown list with items 1,2 ,3 etc.
On selecting an item from the drop down list i want to populate that much text boxes for entering values.for example if i select 3 , three text boxes are to be created.if 1, one text box like that. So with out reloading this page can i achieve my need?Most of the time the funtion for reloading the page is called on the Onchange event of the drop down list. But i don't want to reload the page.Am using PHP coding.so please help me as soon as possible.looking forward for a reply.

You can do this using Javascript only. Have a look at document.createElement

May 29 '07 #4

dmjpro

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ohh sorry i forget it.
u can do using document.createElement.

kind regards.
dmjpro.

May 29 '07 #5

slekshmipriya

ohh sorry i forget it.
u can do using document.createElement.

kind regards.
dmjpro.

Can u explain it in detail?
here is my code
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function createTxtbox()
{
--------------
-----------
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="my form">

<select name="qual_no" id="qual_no" onChange="return createTxtbox()">
<option value="s" selected>Select</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select></td>
</form>
</body>
</html>

This is the code and the function createTxtbox() is to be called on the onChange event.and i wanna pass the selected value also so that i can create that much textboxes.pls help me.

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