use onchange to rename select

Only thing I would know is to use:

<select name="type" id="type" onchange="this.name='othertype';">

But why do you need to change the name anyhow?

-r-

I have a list of subcategories that are used to search a subcategory field and have another field that searches all categories.

Cateogory Parent
1               0
2               1
3               0
4               2
5               1


The search looks for categories via:

select name = type
 category like% type
I have added another field that will search by parent, ie select name=parent
 parent like% parent

How can I get a value from the option to change the name?
I.e.

<select name=type>
<option value=1 id=type>subcategory 1</option>
<option value=2 id=type>subcategory 2</option>
<option value=1 id=parent>ALL</option>
</select>

I can't use the value field so I'm guessing that it is possible to switch the name with the option id value.

Thanks, this worked perfect.