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DataAssist Search in conjunction with empty menu pick doesn't work

Thread began 4/04/2009 1:43 pm by tomm | Last modified 4/06/2009 10:56 am by Ray Borduin | 1999 views | 3 replies |

tomm

DataAssist Search in conjunction with empty menu pick doesn't work

The Data Assist script that handles searches doesn't seem to handle the case of a Drop-Down Menu Label with no value as would seem to be the reasonable way to handle it.

Here are some steps to demonstrate the issue I am having:


  • I have a search form created by Data Assist where a field, say "Color", is originally specified as a Text Field whose ID and Name is "S_Color".



  • If the value is blank, then the search result is all colors. This is the correct behavior



  • I remove the text field and replace it with a Drop-down menu using the Dreamweaver interface, I give this new menu the ID and Name of "S_Color" but don't populate the menu with any Labels-Values



  • I can now do a search and the result is again all colors. This is the correct behavior



  • I populate the menu list with the following Label-Value pairs:



  • Select a Color-
  • Red-Red
  • Blue-Blue
  • Green-Green


Note that the "Select a Color" label doesn't have a value

  • Now if I execute a search, but choose "Select a Color", I would expect to again see all colors. Instead the search returns nothing. This is the incorrect behavior.



  • If I go into Dreamweaver code view and specify a value="" for the "Select a Color" label ( i.e. Replace <option>Select a Color</option> with <option value="">Select a Color</option>), then the search will return all colors, the correct result.



Am I missing something?

TM

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

That is correct. If you leave a value blank it will behave as if the label is the value. You have to specifically set value=""

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tomm

Sorry for my ignorance. Is that a standard HTML behavior or is it an artifact of the WA Search implementation?

Thanks,

TM

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

Standard html... has nothing to do with WA Search other than when WA Search gets the value of that form element using standard practices, that is what it gets.

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