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Jimmy Servlet
Jimmy Servlet

Reputation: 155

Is it possible to dynamically select a certain option from a select menu in a JSP page?

I have a list of records displayed on a JSP page. The user then can click an 'edit' link to modify any part of those records. when they click the edit link they are taken to a different JSP page that has all of the input fields for the record (name, rating, price, etc). the problem is that one of the fields is a select option menu. How can i dynamically set this select menu to the correct option? its easy for the text fields because its just 

  value="<%=title%>"

but idk what to do for the option menu. help?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 160

Answers (1)

Hardik Mishra
Hardik Mishra

Reputation: 14877

You need to compare the passed data with your data set in that page.

Do something like this

Run a loop. Check

if(passedValue==thisValue)
   <option selected=\"selected\"><%=your value%></option> 
else
   <option><%=your value%></option>

Upvotes: 1

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