Question

     function _ahah_example_get_first_dropdown_options() {

     $stid = oci_parse($conn, "SELECt  code,descr1 FROM dbtest.regions");
     oci_execute($stid);
     $region= array();
     while (($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_ASSOC))) {
     $region[$row['CODE']]= $row['DESCR1'];
                                }
  $region['']='Select';
  oci_free_statement($stid);
       oci_close($conn);

      return drupal_map_assoc($region);
       }

but it returns the key and the value equal I need the original key to be returne cause im using it’s value in a javascript function?anyone would know how to return the original Key?

Answer 1

From your code, you should be able to skip drupal_map_assoc and just return $region. Give that a try and see if you like the results.

Reference http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes–common.inc/function/drupal_map_assoc/6