I have a form that allows a user to update their details.
The form displays the current details. One of my input fields is a drop down list. How can I get the drop down list to display the current value for this field (i.e. the value the user entered the first time the submitted their details) ?
> field (i.e. the value the user entered the first time
> the submitted their details) ?
IMO, the user will only SELECT a value, not ENTER.
When the form is submitted, the selected value should
be available as a parameter on the request object as a
name-value pair. In the above example, the name of the
parameter will be "select" and the value would be either
"1" or "2" or "3".
HTH.
- madhav
Suppose at the time of submitting information the user selected his/her gender from the drop down menu.
<select size="1" name="menu">
<option selected value="male">male</option>
<option value="female">female</option>
</select>
Now if the user has selected option "female" at the time of registration and you want to display the same again at the time of modifying the information then do the following.
At the time of registration you must have saved all the values in a database so first retrieve it. Suppose there is a column named "gender" in a table where you are saving value.
rs.getString("gender");
Now you will have to compare this value for every option in the drop down menu like this:
<select size="1" name="menu">
<option ><%if rs.getString("gender")="male" {%> value=male selected>male</option><% } %>
<option ><%if rs.getString("gender")="female" { %>value=female selected>female</option> <% } %>
</select>
bye
