Use a FORM submit. You can have the submit action occur on the selection of
the item in the select list using javascript or use a submit button in your
HTML. Use the <jsp:forward> tag in an switch statement or from a nested if
in the JSP or use RequestDispatcher from a servlet to forward the desired
page. Pretty easy.
Something like (don't actually do code this awful):
<%
String optsel = req.getParameter( list.getId() );
if ( optsel != null && optsel.length() > 0 )
{
if ( optsel.equals( "page1" ) )
{
%>
<jsp:forward page="page1.jsp"/>
<%
}
else if ( optsel.equals( "page2" ) )
{
%>
<jsp:forward page="page2.jsp"/>
<%
}
else if ( optsel.equals( "page3" ) )
{
%>
<jsp:forward page="page3.jsp"/>
<%
}
else
{
%>
<jsp:forward page="page4.jsp"/>
<%
}
}
%>
And to prevent the flood of Javascript questions, here is the javascript for
selecting from a list:
<%
//setup list and list options here (use your imagination).
%>
<SELECT name="<%= list.getId() %>" size="1"
onChange="javascript:document.forms[0].submit()">
<OPTION>[ All ]</OPTION>
<%= options.toString() %>
</SELECT>
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Fitzgerald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Displaying .jsp page based on selection
Greetings,
I would like to display different .jsp pages based on the user selecting an
option in a Select List(i.e. one page for every option). Should I be using
any of the "forward" or "include" actions? If someone could suggest a
solution it would be much appreciated.
Scott Fitzgerald
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