
hi,i am trying to design a form on which 2 dependent drop down list is used my code is successful but when i select class from first drop down list all the data get lossed means the value entered in fields before drop down list get blank.what can i do for this?
This is the code
<script language="JavaScript">
function reload(form){
var val=form.vc.options[form.vc.options.selectedIndex].value;
self.location='vehicleRegister1.php?vc=' + val ;
}
</script>
<?php
$con=mysql_connect("localhost","root");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("rtodb",$con);
?>
<?php
@$cat=$_GET['vc'];
if(strlen($cat) > 0 and !is_numeric($cat))
{
echo "Data Error";
exit;
}
$sql=mysql<em>query("SELECT clsid,veh</em>class FROM vehiclass");
if(isset($cat) and strlen($cat) > 0)
{
$quer=mysql<em>query("SELECT sbcid,veh</em>subclass FROM vehisubcls WHERE clsid = $cat");
}
echo "<select name='vc' onchange=\"reload(this.form)\">";
echo "<option value=''>Select One</option>";
while ($data=mysql<em>fetch</em>assoc($sql)){
if($data['clsid']==$cat)
{
echo "<option selected value='$data[clsid]'>$data[veh_class]</option>"."<BR>";
}
else
{
echo "<option value='$data[clsid]'>$data[veh_class]</option>";}
} <br />
echo "</select>";
echo "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td height='31' id='t3'>"; echo "Vehicle Sub-Class"; echo "</td>";
echo "<td>";
echo "<select name='vsb'><option value=''>Select one</option>";
while($data1 = mysql_fetch_array($quer)) {
echo "<option value='$data1[veh_subclass]'>$data1[veh_subclass]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>
</td>
</tr>
<td height="36" id="t3">Dealer Name </td>
<td><select name="dnm">
<?php
$sql="SELECT dealer_id,dealer_nm FROM dealer ORDER BY dealer_nm";
$result =mysql_query($sql);
while ($data=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
?>
<option value ="<?php echo $data['dealer_id'] ?>" ><?php echo $data['dealer_nm'] ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>

Hi Friend,
Try this:
1)country.jsp:
<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var xmlHttp
var xmlHttp
function showState(str){
if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined"){
xmlHttp= new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject){
xmlHttp= new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
if (xmlHttp==null){
alert("Browser does not support XMLHTTP Request")
return;
}
var url="state.jsp";
url +="?count=" +str;
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = stateChange;
xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function stateChange(){
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete"){
document.getElementById("state").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<select name='country' onchange="showState(this.value)">
<option value="none">Select</option>
<%
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test","root","root");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("Select * from country");
while(rs.next()){
%>
<option value="<%=rs.getString(1)%>"><%=rs.getString(2)%></option>
<%
}
%>
</select>
<br>
<div id='state'>
<select name='state' >
<option value='-1'></option>
</select>
</div>
</body>
</html>
2)state.jsp:
<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<%
String country=request.getParameter("count");
String buffer="<select name='state' ><option value='-1'>Select</option>";
try{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test","root","root");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("Select * from state where countryid='"+country+"' ");
while(rs.next()){
buffer=buffer+"<option value='"+rs.getString(1)+"'>"+rs.getString(3)+"</option>";
}
buffer=buffer+"</select>";
response.getWriter().println(buffer);
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}
%>
For the above code, we have created two database tables:
CREATE TABLE `country` (
`countryid` bigint(255) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`countryname` varchar(255) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`countryid`));
CREATE TABLE `state` (
`stateid` bigint(255) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`countryid` int(255) default NULL,
`state` varchar(255) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`stateid`));
Thanks

Thank You Very much Please send me code in php

Hi everybody! The posted code was been very useful for me, but I have a question: how is possible to manage four dropdown dependnt list?
Thanks a lot. regards
Nico