Get option text

[vchris]

Is there a way to get the option text instead of the value.<option value="value">text</option>I need to get that text. Is there a certain function for this?

[Skemcin]

in what respect do you need that text? On an action page?Do you need both the value and teh text when the form is posted?Is the value not in a database that you could look up.Could you do this:<option value="value,text">text</option>and then parse the value on the action page using cfloop indexing by the comma?

[vchris]

I resolved this by simply creating a query to get the text. The problem was that the value which is numeric 1,2,3... is not necessary for what I wanted to do but I couldn't change it. I needed the text to indicate to the user what was chosen. I thought by getting the text instead of querying it would be easier on the server but if there is no other way.

[jesh]

If you are using javascript on the client-side, you might try a hidden input that stores the text of the selected item and populate that data using java script:

<select id="myselect" onchange="updateHidden(this);">  <option value="-1">Select an Option</option>  <option value="1">Value 1</option>  <option value="2">Value 2</option>  <option value="3">Value 3</option></select><input type="hidden" id="h_myselect" value="-1" /><script type="text/javascript">function updateHidden(obj){	var theText = obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text;	document.getElementById("h_myselect").value = theText;}</script>

But, as you well know, I don't know anything about CF nor whether it is possible to integrate javascript with it like this. Maybe it'll help.

[vchris]

I appreciate your input but unfortunately I cannot use javascript for what I am trying to do. I have standards I need to respect. It can only be CF. Thanks anyway.