select issue

[dakoz]

hi all,

i have the following problem : i want to make a list in html using a simple form. i take dynamically the fields in the <option> using the following code :

<SELECT class=price size=15 multiple name=list1>

<%
IF Session(&quot;CubeName&quot<>&quot;&quot; THEN
For di = 0 To cdf.Dimensions.Count - 1

Response.Write &quot;<option value=&quot;& cdf.Dimensions(di).Name &&quot;>&quot;& cdf.Dimensions(di).Name &&quot;</option>&quot;


IF cdf.Dimensions(di).Name=Request.form(&quot;dimension&quot then
hi=di
END IF
NEXT
END IF
%></SELECT>


the problem is the following : the form is generated ok. It seems that all is good, but at the <option value=...>
if i have a field for example &quot;Story Type&quot; takes as value only the Store and leaves the Type!!


any Suggestions??

 

[BDC2]

You can't use a space in the value attribute. Use either Story_Type or StoryType

BDC.

 

[dakoz]

that wont do!!

anyway i found it hope someday this help someone...


esponse.Write &quot;<option value='&quot;& cdf.Dimensions(di).Name &&quot;'>&quot;& cdf.Dimensions(di).Name &&quot;</option>&quot;

The single quotes gives you the entire string.

 

[Tarwn]

The reason this is the case is that when you have no quotes around the value for an attribute in a tag, the browser has to decide whether to keep reading everything as a value, or stop and assume that anything following is a possible new attribute. Since there is a greater loss of efficiency if it continues to read, but also checks each word to see if it is a valid attribute and should stop reading it as part of the value of the previous attribute, browsers instead only read up to a space character if their are no quotes involved. The rest is assumed to be attributes and if they are not valid attributes are ignored.

As more browsers implement XHTML, it will become more and more important to use quotes around attribute values, as this will speed up the renedering of the page and not cause possible future problems when people do put in multiple word values that you had not foreseen and provided for (ie, quotes).

-Tarwn

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