I believe you can find a solution with the use of isnull. Since isnull passes a true or false, I typically test it and then run with results.
myvalue = isnull(myothervalue) If myvalue = True then do something else do something else end if Erich D. Mansell "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW.... What A Ride !!!" >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 3:07 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [wdvltalk] Passing value to self based on user event > > >I have what seems a relatively simple task. Build a drop-down list of >months that defaults to the current month. If the user has selected a >different month, we reload the page with the selected month -- the >onchange event in the dropdown does: > > document.location.href = myPage.asp?selected_month=x > >With "x" being the value of the drop-down. That works fine... >but how to >handle inital load? I tried: > > user_selection = request("selected_month") > if isNull(user_selection) then > today_date = date() > selected_month = month(today_date) > else > change_month = selected_month > end if > >This doesn't work. I also tried rather than isNull if >user_selection = 0 >but that also seems to fail. > >This is prolly a simple fix but can't see the forest pass the trees. > >Appreciate any help... > > > > >____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To set a personal password send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK >pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > >________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >%%email.unsub%% > >To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: >Jupitermedia Corp. >Attn: Discussion List Management >475 Park Avenue South >New York, NY 10016 > >Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
