Getting value of Disabled field

[ravindra patil]

I Have html select element which i am disabling with onClick of Button,
but in next jsp i am getting its value as null
see the code if option is one and i clicks on button select element gets disabled with value is one but i am not geeting that value "one" in next page , is there any way to get this value

  <select name="select1" >
<option value="1"> one </option>
<option value="2"> two </option>
<option value="3"> three</option>
</select>
<input type="Button" onClick="disabledValue()">

<javascript >

function disabledValue()
{

form.select1.diabled=true;

}
</javascript>

   

[Bear Bibeault]

Disabled means disabled. The value of a disabled control does not get submitted.

[ravindra patil]

If before making it disabled ..suppose i am setting its value explicitly then is it possible

[Eric Pascarello]

If it is disabled before the form is submitted it will not matter what its initial state was, it still will not be sent.

Eric

[ravindra patil]

    Sport   

<select name="game" onchange"selectStuff">
<option>Footbal </option>
<option>Crickect</option>
<option>Hocky</option> 
 </select>



<select name="stuff" >
<option>Foot Ball</option>
<option>Bat</option>
</select>

 

now suppose user is selecting Hocky then there is no point in selecting crickect bat and soccer ball , rite ? thats why i need to disabled it

[Eric Pascarello]

You either enable it when the form is sent, or you have a hidden field with the value in it.

Eric

[ravindra patil]

not we dont have control on form its runtime gets generated and for hidden values, its not every time i need to disabled field it will based on specific condition

and its not possible to have two fields with same name , you join our company you will get to know more

[Bear Bibeault]

Dumb question that must be asked: if you don't want the field disabled, then why are you disabling it?

[ravindra patil]

Dear Bear,

Let me explain in general terms

 

 :banghead:  [code]    Sport   

<select name="game" onchange"selectStuff">
<option>Footbal </option>
<option>Crickect</option>
<option>Hocky</option> 
 </select>



<select name="stuff" >
<option>Foot Ball</option>
<option>Bat</option>
</select>

 

[ravindra patil]

see above if i am selecting hocky then there is no point in selecting cricket bat and soccer ball rite?

[Bear Bibeault]

So then, why do you care that it's disabled? You can't have it both ways. If it doesn't matter, why do you care that it's not getting submitted?

[ravindra patil]

ok let me explain i have "stuffs" attribute in database which accept only string attributes not even empty string if my field is disabled i am getting null value and setting of attribute value is done by other API to which i can not modified ..

[Bear Bibeault]

It's really simple to detect null and replace it with the empty string.

[ravindra patil]

Bear, i have the solution of this issue but its not that good
i am working on product based company ...i work on the layer which is already defined , i can't touch even that kind of final class