There is an archive of this list that has some answers: http://www.bluedot.net/mail/archive/search.php?f=9&search=select+option&matc h=1&date=30&fldsubject=1&fldbody=1
Sam, would you consider a doc patch that mentions the archive? -Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Crute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'htmltmpl'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:59 PM Subject: [htmltmpl] Easy way to set the SELECTED value in <option> lists ? > Hi all. > I'm using HTML::Template to build some <option>, which works fine. But, I > can't seem to figure out a quick way to set pump SELECTED into the correct > <option> without having to completely parse the list for each request. Since > most of these <option> lists are generated from a database, and I'll be > making my scripts persistent via CGI::Fast, It seems silly to have to read > the entire list just to set the SELECTED flag on one item. > > Is there a better way to do this that I'm missing ? > > > > -- > Simon Crute > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
