how to dispaly the selected value of a dropdown list

[rammie singh]

hi every body...

can you please suggest me how to display the selected value of a drop down list of a page...when we visit that page again.

actually i got some material on net but don't know how to use it.

the link i follwed was

webpage


i will just give you an examlple..


say my drop down list is

  

<select name ="Countries">
    <option value="USA"> USA </option>
    <option value="INDIA"> INDIA</option>
    <option value="UK"> UK</option>
</select>

now say if i select UK from this.....and i visit this page next time it should show me the "UK" as the selected option

In the link which i followed ..they have used

 

DropDownList1.SelectedValue = Convert.ToString(DropDownList1.Items.FindByText("NY").Value) ;

but i don't know how to use it.

can any body help me.....is there any other way to get the result....what i have been using earlier was puuting all the options in an array...and then comparing the selected value with all the elements ...and whichever matches ..that option was put as selected.
but i want other way...please help .

[Bear Bibeault]

Simply set the attribute selected="selected" on the option that you want.

That code you downloaded looks pretty useless as it uses a lot of proprietary classes that don't exist in the Servlet/JSP environment.

[Paul Clapham]

Bear Bibeault wrote:That code you downloaded looks pretty useless as it uses a lot of proprietary classes that don't exist in the Servlet/JSP environment.

Not surprising for a site named "dotnetspider.com", really. Reading a .Net forum for advice about Java programming isn't going to be particularly helpful.

[rammie singh]

ok fine....that's what i have been using...but i want to use the same way what is there on the link.....then how can i use it.....actually in my application there is such an requirement that i want to use the techique give on link page.

the link i reffered

[Bear Bibeault]

rammie singh wrote:but i want to use the same way what is there on the link.....then how can i use it.....

Uh, switch to .NET?

[Riya Apate]

Do you want this in JSP??

[Bear Bibeault]

"Rujuta gl", please check your private messages for an important administrative matter.

[rammie singh]

yaah i want this in JSp only.....any help??

[anila honey]

Hi,

By using hidden variable,you can handle it.

[rammie singh]

how can we handle it by hidden variable..can you show by a small example please...
and what if there are 7 -8 drop down list on the same page....in that case wil it be a good way to create so many hidden variables.

[Bear Bibeault]

I do not see how hidden variables help at all.

Again, all you need to do is to set the selected attribute properly. What's the issue?