Thanks- that was very easy. I knew I was trying to make it more difficult then it was!
-----Original Message----- From: sebastian palmigiani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 1:44 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: datatypes in select boxes I am not sure if I have grasped your problem but.... What I do in this situation is this <OPTION VALUE="#TchrID#,#GradeTaught#">#TCHRNAME# #GradeTaught# make the option value into a list then at the stored procedure I would <cfset VARIABLE.TchrID = ListFirst(FORM.TchGrade)> <cfset VARIABLE.GradeTaught = ListLast(FORM.TchGrade)> Then pass each individual VARIABLE.xxx to the stored procedure Sebastian on 4/10/02 9:11 AM, Janine Jakim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a select box that shows teachers and the grade they teach (some teach > several grades). This selection is sent to a stored procedure. I want my > select box to pull up the teacher with the students by grade so I set it up > like this > > <SELECT NAME="TchGrade" SIZE="9" TABINDEX size="1" style="width:190px" > Multiple> > <OPTION SELECTED VALUE=""> > <CFOUTPUT QUERY="TchrByGrade"> > <OPTION VALUE="#TchrID##GradeTaught#">#TCHRNAME# #GradeTaught# > </CFOUTPUT> > </SELECT> > Simple eeeh > Now this would work great IF TchrID and GradeTaught were both varchar > fields, but TchrID is an integer and GradeTaught is a varchar. So of course > I am getting errors about the datatype being wrong and or an error trying to > convert it. > So I then moved the option value into my query ((TchrID + GradeTaught) AS > TcherGradeTaught) > And used that <OPTION VALUE="#TcherGradeTaught#">#TCHRNAME# #GradeTaught# > Although this is a good thing to do it of course doesn't fix my problem. > > Any way around this? > Thanks, > J > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
