That's a good point, I should have said it in my reply too... if the datasets are small, you'd be better off loading it all initially and changing things client-side. No need to involve the server for a small amount of data.
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com AIM: fzammetti Yahoo: fzammetti MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, December 20, 2005 3:03 pm, Neil Erdwien said: > If the amount of data needed for drop down B isn't large, I'd load it > into Javascript objects when the original page is displayed. Then use > client-side Javascript to populate B after A is chosen. > > If the amount of data is too big, I'd investigate doing the same concept > using client-side Javascript, but query the server for B's data using > AJAX methods. > > > Daniel Kies wrote: >> Greetings. I have an app that needs to have multiple drop down boxes >> that >> are related to each other. Instead of calling an action everytime the >> first >> menu is selected and querying for the data in the second drop down, I >> want >> to have the values in the second drop down reflect the choice of the >> first >> drop down. >> >> So Drop Down A has: >> 1. Color >> 2. Size >> >> If Color is selected, drop down B has: >> 1. Blue >> 2. Red >> 3. Green >> >> If Size is selected, drop down B has: >> 1. Small >> 2. Medium >> 3. Large >> >> I figure I can do this by calling an action when the A is selected, but >> how >> can I do this without calling an action after A is chosen? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> > > -- > Neil Erdwien, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web Technologies Manager > Computing and Network Services, Kansas State University > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
