I need to make a drop down poll. I need to calculate the number of times each option is selected. I can only see the value of the item selected and not of the item previously selected.

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="ProcessVote.asp">
<SELECT NAME="topic">
   <OPTION VALUE="INIT">Select your favorite topic</OPTION>
   <OPTION VALUE="a">a</OPTION>
   <OPTION VALUE="b">b</OPTION>
   <OPTION VALUE="c">c</OPTION>
   <OPTION VALUE="d">d</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE="Submit" VALUE="Vote">
</FORM>
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'only something like this so far

  if Request.Form("topic") <> "INIT" then
            Application(Request.Form("topic")) = Application(Request.Form("topic")) + 1
  else
     Response.Write "You did not make any selection."
  end if

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? What do you mean with the "previously selected item"?

Do you want the form to automatically submit to the server when you choose a new item from the drop-down?

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

I want to create a poll with a drop down menu. What I mean is, when I select 'a', I get the number of times 'a' is selected. I do not know how to save this value. When I select 'b', I get the number of times 'b' is selected but cannot track how many time 'a' has already been selected.
Sorry about the cross posting.

Thanks in advance.

;;;when I select 'a', I get the number of times 'a' is selected

Do you mean from session to session?

Wind is your friend
Matt

I stress that I am very new. I have a rough idea of session but I belief it has nothing to do with it. The big picture is to create a poll. So, basically I want to tabulate the number of times every option is selected. I hope this is crystal clear. Just [u]ignore my previous gibberish..</u>

;;;I hope this is crystal clear

Not all that clear

When I say session to session I mean:
1..A user comes to your site (session starts)
2..They choose 'a' in you select box
3..They leave your site (session finishes)
4..Another user comes to your site (another session starts)
5..They also choose 'a'
6..This user leaves your site
7..A third user visits your site (another session starts)
8..While giving this user the option to also make a selection from your select box would you like to show the total number of times each option has been chosen?? For this example it would be:

Welcome to my site, please make a selection
'a' has been chosen 3 times
'b' has been chosen 0 times
....
....

Wind is your friend
Matt

Then indeed it is from session to session.

Forgive my ignorance Matt

Meet me at the crossroads

;;;Forgive my ignorance Matt
No worries, thats what this place is all about.

What are you doing with your submitted values? I assume they are going into a DB. Lets take your <SELECT NAME="topic"> as an example. If I wanted to track users selections (Poll) I would have a field in a table called 'topic' The value being inserted would be what ever the user selected 'a' or 'b' or 'c'...

Once these are inserted you can run a query something like:
sql = "SELECT count(*) FROM tblName WHERE topic = a;"
set getResults = conn.execute(sql)
The result would be the number of timed 'a' is present, so:

Welcome to my site, please make a selection. FYI a has been selected <%= getResults(0) %> times


Wind is your friend
Matt

That was enlightening but what if I want to immediately tabulate the result on a web page using response.write. Is this even possible without using the DB? Don't bother with the details of tabulating... just to the point where the results a, b, c, d are written on a web page.

I have not started meddling with DB yet. I want to grasp the basics first before going into that.

Another question what's the difference between a normal <script> tag and <% .... %> tags?

Meet me at the crossroads

;;; Is this even possible without using the DB
Yes. You need to research the 'Application Object' and 'FileSystem Object'

;;;I have not started meddling with DB yet
Thats what ASP is all about, serving dynamic data.

;;;Another question what's the difference between a normal <script> tag and <% .... %> tags?

<script> = opening tag fro JavaScript </script> = closing
<% = ASP opening tag (all asp is enclosed in these tags) %> = closing

Tip: Get the Wrox book 'beginning ASP' and have a read before you attempt to use the Aplication and Flesystem Ojects

BTW: tabulate, to me means the way in which you would lay results out. Getting and storing the results comes first.


Wind is your friend
Matt