| Re: populate pulldownbox from query [message #174078 is a reply to message #174068] |
Sat, 21 May 2011 02:44   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/20/2011 6:49 PM, Co wrote:
> On 21 mei, 00:29, Jerry Stuckle<jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 5/20/2011 6:16 PM, Jeff North wrote:
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>>> On 20 May 2011 20:06:38 GMT, in comp.lang.php Denis McMahon
>>> <denis.m.f.mcma...@gmail.com>
>>> <4dd6c9cd$0$30688$bed64...@gradwell.net> wrote:
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>>>> | On Fri, 20 May 2011 11:30:02 -0700, Co wrote:
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>>>> |> Can anyone help me here?
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>>>> | General observation, html attributes, such as the select name, option
>>>> | values etc should be enclosed in quotes at the html level, such as one of
>>>> | the following:
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>>>> | echo "<option value='$some_var_name'>some text</value>";
>>>> | echo "<option value=\"$some_var_name\">some text</value>";
>>>> | echo '<option value="$some_var_name">some text</value>';
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>>>> | Rgds
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>>>> | Denis McMahon
>>> Not to quibble about such a matter but you don't necessarily need
>>> quotes around attributes (I prefer quotes as any syntax highlighting
>>> editor will show the values up).
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>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.2
>>> In certain cases, authors may specify the value of an attribute
>>> without any quotation marks. The attribute value may only contain
>>> letters (a-z and A-Z), digits (0-9), hyphens (ASCII decimal 45),
>>> periods (ASCII decimal 46), underscores (ASCII decimal 95), and colons
>>> (ASCII decimal 58). We recommend using quotation marks even when it is
>>> possible to eliminate them.
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>> I believe that's why he said SHOULD, and not MUST.
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> sorry Jerry you lost me.
> The form I am using this on is an profile edit page.
> The user should get all his profile data and be able to change it and
> save it.
> That is why I need the value from the database along with the names
> loaded in the listbox.
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> Marco
Marco, that comment wasn't directed at you.
Your first problem is - are you getting the correct data from the
database? If not, you need to do that first - which is a MySQL
question, not a PHP one (and should be asked in comp.databases.mysql).
If you are getting the correct information back from the database,
what's wrong with the partner name?
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