I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, but I might try an approach that does not use innerHTML if possible as I think it simplifies the code. The example I put together is kind of long, so rather than including it, you can view it here:
http://cantrell.dyndns.org/~cantrell/tmp/selectTest.html Just view the source to see the JavaScript. Cantrell On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 10:53 AM, Robert Polickoski wrote: > All, > > Thank you for your indulgence. > > I am trying to dynamically set the options of a select based on > the option selected in a previous select. The javascript code for > a particular case is thus: > for (i=1; i<Process.length; i++) > case "8": > { > for (i=1; i<Process.length; i++) > { > document.getElementById("selectDoIndex").innerHTML > = document.getElementById("selectDoIndex").innerHTML + "<option > id='optionProcess" + Process[i]['Index'] + "' title='Option " + > Process[i]['ID'] + ", " + Process[i]['Description'] + "' value='" > + Process[i]['Index'] + "'>" + Process[i]['Name'] + "</option>"; > } > break; > } > > The select element it is referencing is: > <select id="selectDoIndex" name="DoIndex" title="The specific > Thing to Do" size="1"> > <option id='optionSelectDoIndexDefault' title='Default for > Select Do Index' value=''>Select...</option> > </select> > > The problem is that on the first iteration through the loop it > chops off the opening <option> tag of the pre-existing entry > leaving only Select...</option> plus the full entry of that > iteration. I have tried setting a variable to the existing > innerHTML plus the new and it contains what I want before I set > the select.innerHTML to it. Afterwards it contains everything but > the initial opening <option> tag. Does somebody know a way around > this annoying "undocumented feature?" > > Again thank you. > > > Robert J. Polickoski > Senior Programmer, ISRD Inc. > (540) 842-6339 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM - RobertJFP > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
