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I'm using getrows to return the values from two columns in a MSSQL sql
database. Looping through them like so:
dim irowloop, icolloop, i
for irowloop = 0 to ubound(instances, 2)
for icolloop = 0 to ubound(instances, 1)
response.write("<option value=""VAL"">") 'get 2nd col val
response.write(i(icolloop, irowloop))
response.write("</option>")
next
next

How can I get the value of the second column into the VALUE=""
attribute in the drop down?

"j1c" <> wrote in message
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> I'm using getrows to return the values from two columns in a MSSQL sql
> database. Looping through them like so:
> dim irowloop, icolloop, i
> for irowloop = 0 to ubound(instances, 2)
> for icolloop = 0 to ubound(instances, 1)
> response.write("<option value=""VAL"">") 'get 2nd col val
> response.write(i(icolloop, irowloop))
> response.write("</option>")
> next
> next
>
> How can I get the value of the second column into the VALUE=""
> attribute in the drop down?
>

Response.Write "<option value='" & Server.HTMLEncode(instances(1,irowloop))
& "'>"

Sorry, but I am not sure I completely understand how that works.

Your example gives just what I was looking for, however the content
between the <option> tags now show both column values as items in the
drop down.

j1c wrote:
> Sorry, but I am not sure I completely understand how that works.
>
> Your example gives just what I was looking for, however the content
> between the <option> tags now show both column values as items in the
> drop down.

The array created from GetRows has two dimensions. The first dimension
corresponds to the column number, the second to the row number. To reference
the first column in the first row, you would say
getrowsarray(0,0)
(remember, the indexes are zero-based).
To reference the second column in the first row, you would do say
getrowsarray(1,0)
3rd column, second row:
getrowsarray(2,1)

clear?

I don't know why you're using a nested loop. Assuming you want the data in
the second column to be the value, and the data in the first column to be
the text, this should do what you want:

for irowloop = 0 to ubound(instances, 2)
Response.Write "<option value='" & _
Server.HTMLEncode(instances(1,irowloop)) & "'>"
response.write Server.HTMLEncode(instances(0, irowloop))
response.write("</option>")
next

Bob Barrows
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Great - thank you Bob!