Retriving value from dropdown list nad disply it in other page

Hello,

I have a dropdownbox on my webpage and a map which contains a marker, and that marker contains a button, on click of that button i need to get the name of the selected value from the dropdown list and dispaly it to on the next page.

i used request.getParameter("") but its not working its printing "null".

So could you please help me out with this!!

thanks, Pradeep

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January 13, 2011 at 12:44 PM

Hi Friend,

Try this:

1)combo.jsp:

<html>
<form method="post" action="selectedValue.jsp">
Select Programming Language:
<select name="lang">
<option value="C/C++">C/C++</option>
<option value="C#">C#</option>
<option value="Java">Java</option>
<option value="Perl">Perl</option>
<option value="Python">Python</option>
</select><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br>
</form>
</html>

2)selectedValue.jsp:

<%
String selectedValue=request.getParameter("lang");
out.println("Selected Value is: "+selectedValue);
%>

January 13, 2011 at 12:44 PM

Hi Friend,
Try this:

1)combo.jsp:

<html>

<form method="post" action="selectedValue.jsp">
Select Programming Language:
<select name="lang">
<option value="C/C++">C/C++</option>
<option value="C#">C#</option>
<option value="Java">Java</option>
<option value="Perl">Perl</option>
<option value="Python">Python</option>
</select><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br>
</form>

</html>

2)selectedValue.jsp:

&lt;%
String selectedValue=request.getParameter("lang");
out.println("Selected Value is: "+selectedValue);
%&gt;

January 13, 2011 at 2:07 PM

but my problem is i have the button on my marker and the dropdownlist is on the webpage so how to link both button and dropdownlist

can u please help me on this issue

January 14, 2011 at 3:21 PM

Hi Friend,

Post your code.

Thanks

January 17, 2011 at 11:45 AM

ok iam posting my code

This is my 1.jsp file

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%> <%@page import="java.sql.*" %>

        <%!
            int i=1;
            Connection connection = null;
            boolean foundResults = false;
            ResultSet set = null;
            Statement statement = null;
            String city;
            String ip;
            String sysname;
            String sess;

        %>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"> 

  <head> 

    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> 

    <title>Google Maps API Sample</title>

    <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&amp;v=2&amp;sensor=false&amp;key=ABQIAAAAPDUET0Qt7p2VcSk6JNU1sBSM5jMcmVqUpI7aqV44cW1cEECiThQYkcZUPRJn9vy_TWxWvuLoOfSFBw" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&amp;v=2&amp;sensor=false&amp;key=ABQIAAAA1XbMiDxx_BTCY2_FkPh06RRaGTYH6UMl8mADNa0YKuWNNa8VNxQEerTAUcfkyrr6OwBovxn7TDAH5Q"></script>                                 

    <script type="text/javascript"> 

    var map; 

    var geocoder;

    var address=sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value;
    document.write(address);

    //sess = address;
    //session.setAttribute("sess1",sess);

    function createMarker(point,html,what) 

    {

        var marker = new GMarker(point,{id:what, name:"foo", description:"baz"});

        GEvent.addListener(marker, "mouseover", function() {

        marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);

        });

        return marker;

     }

    function initialize() 
    { 

        map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas")); 

        map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());

        map.addControl(new GScaleControl());

        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(79, 0, true), 8); 

        map.addControl(new GMenuMapTypeControl(true,false));

        var point1 = map.getCenter();

        var marker = createMarker(point1,'<img src="printers-for-wire-and-network-elements-marking-43844.jpg" width="100" height="100">',"this")

        map.addOverlay(marker);

        geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();                       

    }


    function addAddressToMap(response) { 

     map.clearOverlays(); 

     if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) { 

       alert("Sorry, we were unable to geocode that address");

     } else { 

       place = response.Placemark[0];

       point = new GLatLng(place.Point.coordinates[1], 

                           place.Point.coordinates[0]); 
        //var test = 'ajaykumar';
        //alert(test);
      var marker = createMarker(point,'<form action="/Details.jsp"><input type="image" name="b" value="click" src="printers-for-wire-and-network-elements-marking-43844.jpg" width="100" height="100"></form>',"this");

      map.addOverlay(marker); 
      marker.openInfoWindowHtml('<b>Coordinates:</b>' + place.Point.coordinates); 
     }

    }

    function showLocation(sel) 
    { 

     address = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value;
     geocoder.getLocations(address, addAddressToMap); 

    } 

    function findLocation(address)
    { 

     showLocation(); 

    }

    function find()
    { 

     window.open("/Details.jsp","winA","width=300,height=300,resizeable=no")

    }


 </script> 

  </head> 

  <body onload="initialize()" onunload="GUnload()" style="font-family: Arial;border: 0 none;"> 


  <form name="f1" action="#" onsubmit="showLocation(); return false;">

  <p> 
        <TABLE ALIGN="CENTER">
        <b>Search cities:</b>


        <%
            try 
            {
                Class c = Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
                //out.print(c);

                connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres","postgres", "password");

                statement = connection.createStatement();               

                set = statement.executeQuery("SELECT sno,city,ip,sysname FROM test");


        %>
            <select name="htmlcombo" onchange="showLocation(this)">
        <%
            while(set.next())
            {

        %>
            <option value=<%= set.getString(2)%>> <%= set.getString(2)%> </option>

        <%  } 

        %>
            </select>

            </TABLE>

        <%

            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        %>
      </p> 

    </form>


    <div id="map_canvas" style="width: 1250px; height: 740px"></div>
    <form>
    <%
    try{
        out.print(set.getString(2));
    %>

    <%
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {}
    %>
    </form>

  </body>

I need the selected value in my 2.jsp file on clicking of the image on the marker.

2.jsp

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%> <%@page import="java.sql.*" %>

        <%
            int i=1;
            Connection connection = null;
            boolean foundResults = false;
            ResultSet set = null;
            Statement statement = null;
            String city;
            String ip;
            String sysname;

            //String getCity=(String)session.getAttribute("sess1");
            //out.print(getCity);

            String val=request.getParameter("htmlcombo");
            out.print(val);



            //out.print(request.getQueryString());

            try 

            {
                Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");

                connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres", 
                                           "postgres", "password");

                statement = connection.createStatement();               

                set = statement.executeQuery("SELECT sno,city,ip,sysname FROM test where city='"+val+"'");

                while(set.next())
                {
                    city=set.getString(2);
                    ip=set.getString(3);
                    sysname=set.getString(4);
                    out.print(city+"<br>");
                    out.print(ip+"<br>");
                    out.print(sysname+"<br>");
                    out.print("<br><br>");

                }
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        %>