You are mixing client side JavaScript with server side Java.
It will not work!!!
Instead set the value to the parameter that you want to see and use in the servlet!
<SELECT Name="Users" Size="9" onChange=showValue()>
<OPTION value="Barbara"> Barbara Parker
<OPTION value="Glen">Glenn Angell
..
</SELECT>
Simple get the parameter "Users" as you named the HTML Select element.
try {
userId = request.getParameter("Users");
}
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
It will work then
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Subject: Reading option value from select
Hi all,
I have a form the submit buttons calls a servet. The form has a select
box like the following.
<SELECT Name="Users" Size="9" onChange=showValue()>
<OPTION value=5>Barbara Parker
<OPTION value=1>Glenn Angell
<OPTION value=2>Jon Woodard
<OPTION value=9>Jonathan Ives
<OPTION value=8>Lyle Hall
<OPTION value=3>Robert Randal
<OPTION value=4>Stephen Flannery
<OPTION value=7>Stu Rich
<OPTION value=6>Tambra Gallant
</SELECT>
In the servlet code I have someting like the following to grab the
selected value in the form
try {
userId =
request.getParameter("Users.options[users.selectedIndex].value");
}
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Unfortunately, it is not working. Please help.
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