On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Boyd, Todd M. <tmboyd1@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micah Gersten [mailto:micah@xxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:59 PM >> To: PHP General list >> Subject: Re: Dynamic Select Lists - 1st Selection Effects 2nd! >> >> What I usually do is default to the most common country and show the >> associated states. >> You can change the states if they change the country. >> >> Thank you, >> Micah Gersten >> onShore Networks >> Internal Developer >> http://www.onshore.com >> >> >> >> Andrew Ballard wrote: >> > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Rahul S. Johari >> > <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> Ave, >> >> >> >> What I have is two Select (Drop-Down) lists (State & County) and I'm >> >> populating them from a mySQL table. What I want is when the user >> selects the >> >> State from the State List, the County List should only pull out >> counties >> >> associated with that State. >> >> >> > [snip] >> > >> > This is a usability issue rather than a code issue, but wouldn't you >> > want that to be the other way around? (ie, select the country from a >> > list and it populates the state list with >> > states/provinces/territories/adminstrative disticts/etc. that belong >> > to that country?) I know the order is "backward" from how one >> > typically writes an address on paper, but otherwise your state list >> > will be HUGE and often your country list would only have one value >> > after the user selects a state. > > *cough* > > ...pretty sure he wrote "county", guys. ;) > > > Todd Boyd > Web Programmer > Oops. Sure did. My mistake. I'm so used to dealing with country lists my eyes glossed right over the word 'county'. :-) Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
