Re: Q: SELECT VALUE in OPTION

Rick Romkey (pokey@maddie.atlantic.com)
Wed, 14 Sep 1994 15:38:05 +0200

> I have a question on correct using of SELECT statement in a FORM.
> I tried to use the following HTML code:
>
> ..
> <FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/test-cgi">
> <SELECT NAME="M">
> <OPTION VALUE="value1"> Text 1
> <OPTION VALUE="value2"> Text 2
> </SELECT><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="go"></FORM>
> ..
>
> One implementation wrong? Or my HTML wrong? Or "undefined behaviour"?

I have been trying to find an answer to this question for some time.
There used to be an example of this in the NCSA fill-out forms examples
but it seems to have disappeared about 8 months ago. I think X Mosaic still
supports it, but I don't think any of the other browsers do. It sure would
be nice to find out if this is "real" HTML or not, cuz it sure seems
useful to me.

Rick

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