| Re: form & lookup columns [message #172373 is a reply to message #172371] |
Mon, 14 February 2011 16:28   |
The Natural Philosoph
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sheldonlg wrote:
> On 2/14/2011 6:05 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> richard wrote:
>>> On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:55:42 -0800 (PST), Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've got a database with these tables:
>>>>
>>>> Region (id, name)
>>>> Province (id, id_region, name, shortname)
>>>> Town (id, id_province, name)
>>>> Shop (id, id_town, name...)
>>>>
>>>> I've made a form and I'd like that when I choose a region, in the next
>>>> drop-down menu I want to show provinces of that region
>>>>
>>>> I've searched the web to study how to do this thing, but I haven't
>>>> found anything: could you please give me some hints/ideas/links to
>>>> tutorials?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> chained select.
>>> I've seen plenty of examples of multiple chained selects using
>>> javascript,
>>> dhtml, ajax and others.
>>> What is selected in form 1 dictates what loads into form 2.
>>
>> But this does require javascript.
>>
>> I can't think of any way of doing it without.
>>
>> And then the accessibility brigade will be all over the site complaining
>> it wont work with Lynx or something.
>
> Hell, if the way to make a site work requires JS, then, damn it, it
> requires JS. If you want to be nice, you can put a message there to
> tell all those who have it turned off that if they want to see the site
> they need to turn it back on.
>
That works fine with a commercial site, but oh boy, try that on a state
funded site.
Like a hospital or something. Or chairity. Then here is the mobile 'i
want an app for that' crowd too.
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