I have a mutli select form fields e.g.:

<select name="Location" multiple="multiple" >
<option value="8">Anglesey</option>
<option value="11">Cheshire</option>
<option value="5">Conwy</option>
</select>

say i select the first 2 of the 3 options and submit my page e.g. :

mypage.asp?Location=8&Location=11

how would i then set the state of the options to selected e.g. :

<option value="8" selected="selected">Anglesey</option>
<option value="11" selected="selected">Cheshire</option>
<option value="5">Conwy</option>

help and suggestions appreciated

hi try this, maybe it'l help.

you must have a vbscript for that example...

<option value="8" <% If location = 8 Then
Response.Write("selected"
End If %>>Anglesey</option>
<option value="11" <% If location = 11 Then
Response.Write("selected"
End If %>>Cheshire</option>
<option value="5">Conwy</option>

that's the logic...hope it'l help you...good luck

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hi thanks for the response... however if collect the 'location' parameter from the URL there are 2 values
e.g.

&lt;% =Reques.querystring("location" %&gt;

which returns :
8,11

so the selected state would never match as theres more than 1 number.. anyone any suggestions ?

ok so you make use of an array in this case...

&lt;% array=Reques.querystring("location" %&gt;

then make a "foreach statement" like this:

Code:
&lt;%
For Each i in myarray
Rem You can place all of the code you desire inside a For Each loop
Next
%&gt;

see this link:

www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/foreach.html

hope this will help...good luck!!!


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