Datalist & Select Element Usage
This demo page shows:
how to use Data List tag, populate_datalist function and record set variables
how to fill a drop down list with a Data List tag
how to define a look up select element
Create a new sub folder named selectElement under the site\pages folder of the installation path.
Form File:
Create a file named selectElement.frmx and copy/paste the code block showed below into the file.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Select Element Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<datalist id="provinces"></datalist>
<datalist id="counties"></datalist>
<controlblock control-block-name="cb1">
<select style="width: 100px" name="province_id"
datalist-name="provinces">
</select>
</controlblock>
<controlblock control-block-name="cb2">
<select style="width: 100px" name="county_id" datalist-name="counties"
lookup-input-block-name="cb1" lookup-input-name="province_id">
</select>
</controlblock>
</body>
</html>Code behind File:
Create a file named selectElement.sqlx and copy/paste the code block showed below into the file.
void page.load() {
rsProvinces = select province_name as label, province_id as value
from
provinces
order by
province_name;
populate_datalist('provinces', rsProvinces);
rsCounties = select county_name as label, county_id as value, province_id as province_id
from
counties
order by
county_name;
populate_datalist('counties', rsCounties);
}Controller File:
void connection_not_found(char connectionName) {
if (connectionName == 'default') then
bool connStatus;
connStatus = create_oracle_connection('default', 'XE', 'htdemo', '1234');
end if;
}Output:
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