html select like drop down list

[nasirmajor]

Dear all,
a simple quetion as usual
I have a html select list. e.g
<select class="text" name="bmonth" runat="server" id="bmonth">
<option selected="selec ted"
value="0"></option>
<option value="1">Janua ry</option>
<option value="2">Febru ary</option>
<option value="3">March </option>
<option value="4">April </option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">June</option>
<option value="7">July</option>
<option value="8">Augus t</option>
<option value="9">Septe mber</option>
<option value="10">Octo ber</option>
<option value="11">Nove mber</option>
<option value="12">Dece mber</option>
</select>

and sql database in which i want to save the text of the selected month
from this html select control. like

co.Parameters.A dd(new SqlParameter("@ month", SqlDbType.VarCh ar,
50));
co.Parameters["@month"].Value = bmonth.???????? ? ;
^
what should come inplase of ???????????
drop down list works fine with dropdownlistnam e.selecteditem. text;
but how this should be done with html select.
thanks in advance

[Mark Rae]

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what should come inplase of ???????????

bmonth.Selected Value; will return "1", "2" etc
bmonth.Selected Item.Text will return "January", "February" etc

[nasirmajor]

Mark Rae wrote:

<na********@yah oo.comwrote in message
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what should come inplase of ???????????

bmonth.Selected Value; will return "1", "2" etc
bmonth.Selected Item.Text will return "January", "February" etc

Dear Rae,
im using vstudio express2005 and in that there is no option availible
like
bmonth.Selected Item.Text for html select. this is availible only for
server
control i.e dropdown list

[nasirmajor]

Dear myself
i think its not possible without this

protected void Button1_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)
{
Label1.Text = "You selected: ";

for (int i = 0; i <= bmonth.Items.Co unt-1; i++)
{
if (bmonth.Items[i].Selected)
Label1.Text += " -" + bmonth.Items[i].Text;
}
}

regard
myself

[Mark Rae]

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what should come inplase of ???????????

bmonth.Selecte dValue; will return "1", "2" etc
bmonth.Selecte dItem.Text will return "January", "February" etc

Dear Rae,

No need to be so formal - Mark will do...:-)

im using vstudio express2005 and in that there is no option availible
like
bmonth.Selected Item.Text for html select. this is availible only for
server
control i.e dropdown list

Oh right - now I see what you mean. Obviously, an easy way to get round your
problem would be to use a server-side DropDownList - is there any particular
reason you can't do that...?

[nasirmajor]

ThankYou Dear Mark,
yes dear there is a big reasion:
the resion is: i have a big list box of more than 200 countries already
filled and i did'nt want
to fill the drop down list with that 200 countries.
thats why i asked the quetion
however new code is working.
if you have any smaller version
it will be my pleasure to use that.
thanks.
regards
nasir.

[ReyN]

Alternatively, you can use a HtmlSelect control. it's like the standard
HTML Select control but with a runat="server" attribute.

To get the selected value, simply use

mySelect.Value

http://authors.aspalliance.com/aspxt...mlSelect2.aspx