Posted by Richard on 08/03/07 16:55

"Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:39:51 +0200, Richard <sales@justmedals.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> > I have a PHP form for entering data on-line into a mySQL
> > table..
> > Because of the intended search facility, I require one field in the form
> > to be completed with exact and precise item names and spelling.
> > In testing, I had achieved this with look-up tables.
> > Ideally I would like the selected item from one of five drop-down lists
> > to autopopulate the form text field when selected.
> > Alternatively at least the option of copy and paste.
> > Copy and paste - for some reason will not work.
> > Autofill worked fine on a test form with no database connection
> > and in standard HTML and javascript, however, once the PHP
> > is added to the page neither method works.
>
>
> This shouldn't matter, if:
> 1. It works with plain HTML/javascript (if it doesn't, consult
> comp.lang.javascript)
> 2. It doesn't work with PHP
>
> It means you have an error in outputting the desired format in PHP,
> possibly javascript/html syntax errors. PHP itself has very little to do
> with it, as the browser could care less how it gets his info.
>
> So: compare the plain html/javascript output with the one provided with
> PHP, and find the difference in output formatting.
> --
> Rik Wasmus

Hi Rik
Thanks for the pointers. Will re-examine the javascript.
However, this does not address the problem of why cust and
paste does not work.
Any ideas on that??
Cheers

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