function will not return value

Hi,

I am populating a field on my page using a php include. I am asking javascript to update another element with that field's value. The value written to the select input box is '1:Any Provider'.

The process works fine in Firefox. In IE6 it does not write. the value nor does it throw an error. What am I doing wrong?

input form:
[PHP]<form method="post" action="" name="inputForm">
<label for="provider">Name of Provider</label><select class="input" name="provider" size="1" style="width: 20em"><?php nameprov();?></select>
<input type="button" name="button" value="Upload" onclick="postthis()">
<div id="status"></div>

</form>

The script in the head element:

function postthis(){
var provider = document.inputForm['provider'].value;
var report = document.getElementById("status");
var message="The Value of Provider Block is: " + provider;
report.innerHTML = message;
}

In firefox, "The Value of Provider Block is: 1:Any Provider" is written in the report element.

In IE6, "The Value of Provider Block is : " is written in the report element.

Thanks,

Andy

<select class="input" name="provider" size="1" style="width: 20em"><?php nameprov();?></select> I'm guessing that the select's options are being generated without value parameters.

We have to see the HTML generated code by the php <?php nameprov();?>

Hi,

function nameprov(){
$domain="";
$user="";
$password="";
$conn = mysql_connect( $domain, $user, $password );
$db = "";
$rs = mysql_select_db($db, $conn) or die("Err:Db");
$sql="select provId, provname FROM provider";
$rs=mysql_query($sql,$conn);
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($rs)){
echo ("<option>" . $row['provId'] ." : ".$row['provname'] ."</option>" );
}
}

Possible that I have something turned off in IE that should be turned on? I checked but I can't see it.

I seem to have an ongoing problem with IE processing generate content improperly but processes static content properly within the same context.

Thanks for the look,

Andy

echo ("<option>" . $row['provId'] ." : ".$row['provname'] ."</option>" );As I guessed, you are not supplying a value parameter to the options, therefore you can't read their value.

Yes, your options have no value. You need that value by all means in case you want to submit something.

Try to modify the php line in function like this:

...
echo ("<option value=\"". $row['provId'] ." : ". $row['provname'] ." \">" . $row['provId'] ." : ".$row['provname'] ."</option>" );
...

Wonderful. End of that problem.

Thanks, Arty & Kor

Andy

And in fact, you don't need the parenthesis (my ZEND says is incorrect), so that the correct code could be:

...
echo "<option value=\"". $row['provId'] ." : ". $row['provname'] ." \">" . $row['provId'] ." : ".$row['provname'] ."</option>";
...