[Javascript] select list option sending

[Mike Dougherty]

<select id='City'>
  <option value='17'>New York</option>
  <option value='13'>Los Angeles</option>
  <option value='6'>Boston</option>
</select>
 
when the CITY gets back to the server it will have the ID value - since
this is basic HTML, there's no browser version/scripting issues either.

-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of David S Levy
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:11 PM
To: [JavaScript List]
Subject: [Javascript] select list option sending


Hey.  I'm trying to make a dropdown(select) list of locations in a form,
but instead of sending off the location name on submittal, I'd like to
send an associated location ID, since I'm working with a database.  I
was wondering if I can set up a form element with a name and without a
type on selection of a given dropdown option.  To elaborate:
 
Let's say I have a dropdown list of the following cities:
 
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
 
And each of these cities has associated with it a location ID, like:
New York - 17
Los Angeles - 13
Boston - 6
 
I'd like a way to list the cities but send the ID's.  Could I do
something within the <option> tag like onselect="this.form.city_ID=17"
for New York?  If yes, could I just do it like that or would I need to
declare the form element city_ID as a hidden variable or something along
those lines?  If not, does anyone have any ideas?  I hope my javascript
idea is understandable, I'm just turning to this language in order to
move along a project that's primarily in PHP.
 
Thanks,
 
David.
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