Javascript to Populate ASP Form Fields based on Dropdown Selection
I have a form where the customer would like a JavaScript array created so when the user selects a name from a dropdown box the associated fields on the form are populated from the array. The only call to the SQL database would be when the form first loads to create the JavaScript array.
Here is the form:
Name: This is the dropdown box
Age: Textbox
Grade: Textbox
I am assuming I use onchange to call a function to get the values but I am unclear on how to create the array or populate the textboxs on the form.
I am somewhat new to JavaScript so code examples would be greatly appreaciated.
Thank you.
David
JavaScriptASP
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skinsfan99
8/22/2022 - Mon
sivagnanam chandrakanth
in select box write Onchange event to call javascript function and in js function find the equivalent age and grade value from array based on selected name field value
Note your array should be accessible from jS
You description is accurate but I don't see that the example shows what I need.
I am looking for a code example of how to create a javascript array after doing a SQL select. The onchange on the dropdown would populate text boxes from the array, not another dropdown box. If your example could be modified to show that solution maybe it will work but as I mention I am new to JavaScript.
I'm glad you figured it out. Just remember the client side code (javascript) loads on the page last. Your asp/vb code gets processed before the page loads, then html and js gets written to the page and finally the js code gets processed.
With this in mind, if you want to end up with generated code like below
<script>
var mycars = new Array();
mycars[0] = "Saab";
mycars[1] = "Volvo";
mycars[2] = "BMW";
</script>
but the data is in your database, you can generate it with your serverside code like
Note your array should be accessible from jS
see this example
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13271027/javascript-filling-dropdown-from-array-based-on-another-value-of-another-dropdow