[lizzzz]

i need help with the following:
from my mysql database i have presented data (addresses) in a drop down menu. now i would like to start a further query by clicking on one of these addresses. the result should be represented in a new window.
with javascript functions i think that this would be solvable, but unfortunately i have few notion of javascript and am therefore helpless, how to approach the problem.
i am grateful for each assistance.

[blaw]

Hi there,

In your combobox, place an onChange event that would open up a new window. In the first parameter of open(), make sure to pass whatever has been selected (i.e. selectedIndex.value) via GET. For the destination file, receive the GET parameter and you can do whatever you want with it then.

Something like this, if you insist that you don't know much about JavaScript:

Code:

<select name="mySelect" onChange="javascript:window.open('my.php?addr=' + this[this.selectedIndex].value, '', 'location=1');">
	<option value="def">Choose One</option>
	<option value="foo">Option FOO</option>
	<option value="the">Option THE</option>
	<option value="bar">Option BAR</option>
</select>

The above pops up a new window (URL= my.php) with whatever has been selected (its value attribute: e.g. If Option BAR is selected, it will be "bar"). In my.php, you can get this value by referring to $_GET['addr'].

I set the location to be true to see if the parameter is really passed, but you can configure in a way you like. open() is one of the most used, if not the most abused, JavaScript functions and I am sure you can find plenty of info about it and I recommend that you learn.

Good luck.