Get the server side value to Drop Down Menu

[Joe]

For the drop down box, how do we get the server side value
For example, the following won't work because it produce
<select name="streetdirectional" value="E">. But we need
<OPTION VALUE="E" SELECTED>E</OPTION

Example:
<P>Text Box<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" name="streetNumber" value="<%= streetNumberPrefix %>"><P>Drop Down Menu <SELECT name="streetDirectional" value="<%= streetDirectional %>"><OPTION VALUE="selectone">-- Select One --</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="E">E</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="N">N</OPTION></SELECT

any ideas? thanks!

[Steven Burn]

<%
'// thispage.asp
'//
'// Process it
Dim psform
psform = request.form("SelectOptions")
if psform <> "" then
%>
<b><%=psform%></b>
<%
else
%>
<%
end if
%>

'// Form
<form method="post" action="thispage.asp">

<select name="SelectOptions">
<option selected> First option
<option> Second option option
</select>

<input type="submit" value="Submit">

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Steven Burn
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Joe <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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For the drop down box, how do we get the server side value?
For example, the following won't work because it produces
<select name="streetdirectional" value="E">. But we need
<OPTION VALUE="E" SELECTED>E</OPTION>

Example:
<P>Text Box<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" name="streetNumber" value="<%= streetNumberPrefix %>"><P>Drop Down Menu <SELECT name="streetDirectional"
value="<%= streetDirectional %>"><OPTION VALUE="selectone">-- Select
One --</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="E">E</OPTION><OPTION
VALUE="N">N</OPTION></SELECT>
any ideas? thanks!

[Joe]

Steven

I think you mistook my point. Sorry I didn't make it clear. I have 2 ASP pages, they both have identical controls. When page1.asp make a choice in drop down menu, and submit the form. In page2.asp I want to get that valu

<%= selectoptions %> is fine, but I need to make this value SELECTED in page2.asp, then I get stucked

please advise. Thanks!!

[Steven Burn]

There was a discussion on doing this recently and apparently, you can't.

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Steven Burn
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Joe <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Steven,

I think you mistook my point. Sorry I didn't make it clear. I have 2 ASP pages, they both have identical controls. When page1.asp make a choice in
drop down menu, and submit the form. In page2.asp I want to get that value
<%= selectoptions %> is fine, but I need to make this value SELECTED in page2.asp, then I get stucked.
please advise. Thanks!!

[Stuart Palmer]

You would need to do some conditional logic, create an array for the values
in the dropdown and do a loop on page2.
In the loop say :-
If this value in the array equals the value of streetdirectional from page1
Then
'<OPTION VALUE="Value in Array" SELECTED>Value in Array</OPTION>'
Else
'<OPTION VALUE="Value in Array">Value in Array</OPTION>'
End If

So, the if decides if it's the same and then pop'selected' into the option.

Hope that helps

Stu

"Joe" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Steven,

I think you mistook my point. Sorry I didn't make it clear. I have 2 ASP pages, they both have identical controls. When page1.asp make a choice in
drop down menu, and submit the form. In page2.asp I want to get that value
<%= selectoptions %> is fine, but I need to make this value SELECTED in page2.asp, then I get stucked.
please advise. Thanks!!