Posted by Georgi Naumov on 06/17/07 08:31

Shutey :
> 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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Can you paste same code ?

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