change form action based on select option

Hello.

How might it be possible to change where a form action is directed based on
a selected option.

For example I have this:

<FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "">

And a drop down such as

<Select name="formaction">
<option value="method1">method1</option>
<option value="method2">method2</option>
</select>

If option 1 is selected I need this to happen

<FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thisdomain.com">


If option 2 is selected I need this to happen

<FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thatdomain.com">

Thanks.

write a event onchange and check for the selected index and
document.forms[0].action='blah';
or
document.forms[0].action=document.forms[0].selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;


On Jun 15, 9:02 am, Arthur <Art... (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:

Hello.

How might it be possible to change where a form action is directed based on
a selected option.

For example I have this:

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = ""

And a drop down such as

Select name="formaction"
option value="method1">method1</option
option value="method2">method2</option
/select

If option 1 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thisdomain.com"

If option 2 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thatdomain.com"

Thanks.

Georgi Naumov said the following on 6/16/2007 5:04 PM:

presci :
write a event onchange and check for the selected index and
document.forms[0].action='blah';
or
document.forms[0].action=document.forms[0].selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;


On Jun 15, 9:02 am, Arthur <Art... (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello.

How might it be possible to change where a form action is directed based on
a selected option.

For example I have this:

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = ""

And a drop down such as

Select name="formaction"
option value="method1">method1</option
option value="method2">method2</option
/select

If option 1 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thisdomain.com"

If option 2 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thatdomain.com"

Thanks.

<snipped lots of XHTML that it takes a person of a particular mental
capacity to serve on the web>

/**
* I thing that this
* way is much elegant
* than document.forms[0].action
* =document.forms[0].
* selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;
* @author Georgi Naumov

You think wrong.

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Randy Webb :

Georgi Naumov said the following on 6/16/2007 5:04 PM:
presci :
write a event onchange and check for the selected index and
document.forms[0].action='blah';
or
document.forms[0].action=document.forms[0].selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;


On Jun 15, 9:02 am, Arthur <Art... (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello.

How might it be possible to change where a form action is directed based on
a selected option.

For example I have this:

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = ""

And a drop down such as

Select name="formaction"
option value="method1">method1</option
option value="method2">method2</option
/select

If option 1 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thisdomain.com"

If option 2 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thatdomain.com"

Thanks.

snipped lots of XHTML that it takes a person of a particular mental
capacity to serve on the web

/**
* I thing that this
* way is much elegant
* than document.forms[0].action
* =document.forms[0].
* selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;
* @author Georgi Naumov


You think wrong.
.................................................. ...................................

Why ? This:
aForm.setAttribute("action",aValue);
is shorter than:
document.forms[0].selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;

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Georgi Naumov wrote:

Randy Webb :
You think wrong.

Why ? This:
aForm.setAttribute("action",aValue);
is shorter than:
document.forms[0].selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;

You are kidding me right? I'll ask you a question... which one of those
methods is cross-browser?

Or how about, which one of those methods will fail in a certain
mainstream browser?

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Georgi Naumov said the following on 6/17/2007 3:07 AM:

Randy Webb :
Georgi Naumov said the following on 6/16/2007 5:04 PM:
presci :
write a event onchange and check for the selected index and
document.forms[0].action='blah';
or
document.forms[0].action=document.forms[0].selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;


On Jun 15, 9:02 am, Arthur <Art... (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello.

How might it be possible to change where a form action is directed based on
a selected option.

For example I have this:

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = ""

And a drop down such as

Select name="formaction"
option value="method1">method1</option
option value="method2">method2</option
/select

If option 1 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thisdomain.com"

If option 2 is selected I need this to happen

FORM METHOD = "post" ACTION = "http://www.thatdomain.com"

Thanks.
snipped lots of XHTML that it takes a person of a particular mental
capacity to serve on the web

/**
* I thing that this
* way is much elegant
* than document.forms[0].action
* =document.forms[0].
* selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;
* @author Georgi Naumov

You think wrong.
.................................................. ..................................
Why ?

setAttribute is known to be as buggy as a termite infested house in a
particular browser produced by a company in Redmond Washington, USA.

This:
aForm.setAttribute("action",aValue);
is shorter than:
document.forms[0].selectbox.options[selectbox.selectedIndex].value;

Shorter code isn't always better code.

onchange="this.form.action=this.value"

How much shorter, simpler, of a solution do you want for this question?
And I won't even get into the aspects of trying to write XHTML for the web.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
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