List Menu, Javascript and Form Submit

[gwalt]

I am using a list menu to perform two tasks. First, it toggles a show/hide
area based on the selected value using javascript. The I use an insert record
to send the selected value to my DB. Here's my problem. My javascript
show/hide region triggers based on the list menu 'value' field. Several items
in my list menu need to show/hide the same region, but I need to send different
values to my DB. In order for the javascript to work, the list menu 'value'
fields must be the same, but this interferes with getting the correct value
into my database. In summary, is there a way to send anything other than the
'value' field to the DB when the form is inserted?

[Manuel Socarras]

1.- you could send to the DB the text the user sees in the dropdown:

selectName.options[selectedIndex].text

or

2.- you could have an array with the values you want to insert into the
DB and access them using the selectedIndex property to point to the
correspondent element in the array

HTH,

manuel

gwalt wrote:

> I am using a list menu to perform two tasks. First, it toggles a show/hide
> area based on the selected value using javascript. The I use an insert record
> to send the selected value to my DB. Here's my problem. My javascript
> show/hide region triggers based on the list menu 'value' field. Several items
> in my list menu need to show/hide the same region, but I need to send different
> values to my DB. In order for the javascript to work, the list menu 'value'
> fields must be the same, but this interferes with getting the correct value
> into my database. In summary, is there a way to send anything other than the
> 'value' field to the DB when the form is inserted?
>

[gwalt]

Hi Manuel. Thanks for your post. I like option #1. How would I incorporate
your snip of code into my code below? <select name='property_type'
id='property_type'
onChange='javascript:expand(document.getElementByI d(value))'>
<option value='Home'>Home</option> <option
value='Condo'>Condo</option> <option value='RentorLease'>
Rent or Lease</option> <option value='VacationRental'> Vacation
Rental</option> </select> Thanks for your help, Mark