Posted by Shutey on 06/17/07 08:23

I have a strange issue with dropdowns. Using php4, mySQL5, Apache 2 on
a fast XP pro PC, I have a form which requires 5 dropdowns populated
with indentical values. I extract the values using SQL and populate 2
variables and use a for-next loop to create the dropdown. The dropdown
contains some 310 items! It works beautifully if I have 1 or 2
dropdowns but as soon as I add more it partially creates the 3rd and
just stops until it times out!
All 5 work because I have altered their positions but it always stops
part way through creating the 3rd dropdown.

I tried an alternative method by doing away with the variables and
constructing the dropdowns with a 'while' statement reading through
the results of my SQL and got exactly the same problem only 2 and a
bit dropdowns.

Stopping it running after a few seconds or several minutes makes no
difference, it seems to reach a certain point and just stop - no error
messages or anything!

I have tried increasing the resourses in my php.ini file but this also
made no difference.

Can anyone suggest an alternative or a fix?

Thanks

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