Please explain how select/option tag is working

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<html>
<body>
<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open(Server.Mappath("/db/northwind.mdb"))
set rs=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
sql="SELECT DISTINCT Country FROM Customers ORDER BY Country"
rs.Open sql,conn
country=request.form("country")
%>
<form method="post">
Choose Country <select name="country">
<% <big> do until rs.EOF
    response.write("<option")
    if rs.fields("country")=country then
      response.write(" selected")
    end if
    response.write(">")
    response.write(rs.fields("Country"))
    rs.MoveNext</big>
loop
rs.Close
set rs=Nothing %>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Show customers">
</form>

Posted 20-May-11 20:00pm

Aztec20011

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-05-20T20:29:00

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The select tag creates a drop down list - see W3Schools, select tag[^]

In this case, it is using javascript to access a database, and retrieve the list from there.

Posted 20-May-11 20:29pm

OriginalGriff