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June 20th, 2007, 06:41 PM
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My experience with chilli soft was poor. Yes it works however IMO far from ideal. I was using it to write PHP on windows some time ago, i may have improved since.
Hey Imar - should an option tag's selected syntax need anything other than just the word?
I have always written, EG:
<option value="someValue" <% if someCondition = someOtherCondition then %> selected <% end if %>>
By the looks of your post above, should it be?
<option value="someValue" <% if someCondition = someOtherCondition then %> selected="selected" <% end if %>>
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June 20th, 2007, 07:11 PM
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yes, i'd much rather be in a native asp environment, but moving to another server with my current work load would be problematic. btw... i think the selected syntax is to pass xhtml strict form validation.
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June 21st, 2007, 01:05 AM
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Hi Matt,
This is indeed about XHTML validation. In earlier versions of HTML you could simply use an empty attribute like selected.
However, XHTML doesn't allow it, as it is basically HTML rewritten in XML. XML doesn't allow things like "empty attributes" so you need to give a value. AFAIK, all the previously empty attributes now take the attribute name as its value, hence selected="selected"
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July 9th, 2007, 01:40 AM
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Ok so I am still kind of new to ASP but here is something I see and it only stands out to me because I have made this same error..
===Your Code===
<tr>
<td>Natural Name</td>
<td><input type="text" name="insertNaturalName" rows="12" value="<%=rs("naturalName")%>" ></td>
</tr>
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Where you are using your recordset to place the value in the text box you need to write the line like ..
<td><Input Type="text" name="insertNaturalName" rows="12" value="<% Response.Write rs("NaturalName") %>"> </td>
You are Missing the Response.Write if you dont add it it has been my experiance that your value will not be displayed. again I had this same issue not that long ago.. Hope this helps
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July 9th, 2007, 01:49 AM
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Hey Jim.
FYI : The '=' sign in between the opening asp delimiter (%) and the 'r' is shorthand for response.write - EG This:
<%= "sometext" %>
is the same as
<% response.write "someText" %>
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July 9th, 2007, 02:22 AM
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Wow learn somethign new everyday.. I would feel dumb but like i said im still very new to ASP. 
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