Posted by Sonoman on 10/10/79 11:45

Hi all:
I have an approach problem and I would like to hear how would others handle
this. I have a NAICS database which consists of all the business categories
in the US, the respective code number and a text description. The number is
a 6 digit number where the first two are the main categories, the third is a
sub category and so on. I have this already broken down on the database.

There are way too many records to have a user browse through the whole
thing, so what I though was to have a series 5 of drop down menus where the
first has the main two digit categories and the others are blank. As soon as
you selects a category from the first drop down the corresponding sub
categories will show on the second drop down and so on until the user builds
the correct NAICS number based on the selections.

My question is how to do this? I was thinking on storing the selected values
on cookies so I can keep reloading the page with a button until I am done.
But this approach seems way too cumbersome.

Any ideas?

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