[ic] loop select drop down menu from delimited field

[TOM LUONG]

From: "Jamie Neil" <jamie@versado.net>


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: interchange-users-admin@icdevgroup.org
> > [mailto:interchange-users-admin@icdevgroup.org]On Behalf Of Tom Luong
> > Sent: 03 June 2003 14:13
> > To: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
> > Subject: [ic] loop select drop down menu from delimited field
> >
> >
> > I would like to loop a drop down menu. However, the column I want to
loop
> > has several values delimited by a comma.
> > 1,5,6,7
> > 2,3
> > 4,8,9
> >
> > I would like the dropdown menu to show
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> > ... etc
> > instead of
> > 1,5,6,7
> > 2,3
> > 4,8,9
> >
> > this is the code I have so far,
> > <select name=mv_searchspec>
> > <option value=""> --Select One--
> >       [loop search="
> >          fi=products
> >          st=db
> >          rf=year
> >          tf=year
> >          un=yes
> >       "]
> >  <OPTION VALUE="[loop-code]"> [loop-code]
> >  [/loop]
> > </select>
> >
> > any suggestion?
>
> I would use perl. Join your search results together using the same comma
> delimiter, write it to a scratch variable and then use:
>
> [loop list="[scratch chosenvariable]"]
> [/loop]
>
> Jamie
>

Cool, thanks, its too bad my perl is not very good. Its time for be to start
brushing up on it I guess.

Thanks,
tom