updating select box info without refreshing a page

[mark | r]

anyone know how to update the inforation in a select box without refreshing
the page or using massive javascript arrays using regular asp (not .net)?

thanks

mark

[William Morris]

Somehow, some way, you have to get the data from someWHERE. The two ways
you mentioned are pretty much the only way to go. I think you could
alternatively use an XML data island, but you still have to have client
script to load the select box.
--
William Morris
Product Development, Seritas LLC
Kansas City, Missouri

"mark | r" <ma**@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
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anyone know how to update the inforation in a select box without refreshing the page or using massive javascript arrays using regular asp (not .net)?

thanks

mark

[Peter Foti]

"mark | r" <ma**@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
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anyone know how to update the inforation in a select box without refreshing the page or using massive javascript arrays using regular asp (not .net)?

One ugly method is to put the page into a frameset, with one hidden frame
sending requests to the server and updating the visible frame with the new
values. Wouldn't recommend this though.

Regards,
Peter Foti

[William Morris]

In my experience, IE has trouble with that method - 5.5 randomly GPFs, and
my 6.0 clients were complaining too. Finally started using an IFRAME
left=-10000, and that - strangely enough - solved the problem.

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"mark | r" <ma**@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
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anyone know how to update the inforation in a select box without refreshing

the page or using massive javascript arrays using regular asp (not

..net)?
One ugly method is to put the page into a frameset, with one hidden frame
sending requests to the server and updating the visible frame with the new
values. Wouldn't recommend this though.

Regards,
Peter Foti

[Peter Foti]

"William Morris" <ne***************************@seamlyne.com> wrote in
message news:c3*************@ID-205671.news.uni-berlin.de...

In my experience, IE has trouble with that method - 5.5 randomly GPFs, and
my 6.0 clients were complaining too. Finally started using an IFRAME
left=-10000, and that - strangely enough - solved the problem.

Interesting. I've never seen any problems with this approach, though the
only times I've used it were in controlled intranet situations. In any
case, I wouldn't recommend this approach. :)

Peter