Question

I have this:

http://jsfiddle.net/Mxkfr/2/

it works but i need to submit the VALUE of both drop down to another page for a mysql query. Right now the only way the drop down will work is if the VALUE of both are the same.

how can I assign something different for it to match against, instead of VALUE

UPDATE

after adding my mysql query to the drop down it stops working after the 20th record in the first drop down. It’s exactly the 20th. the drop down has 150 records.

http://pastebin.com/rDRcNrGn

I put my code on jsfiddle and pastebin because I don’t want it coming up on google.

UPDATE 2

after spending hours on this issue i am still unable to figure out what is causing this issue. i’ve changed my queries and still no luck. Any ideas why this is happening?

Answer 1

why not put a class

like so

   <option value="whatever value" class="col3">layout 3</option>
    <option value="other value" class="col3">layout 4</option>
    <option value="col3_sms" class="col3">layout 5</option>

and then just

$('.col3').show()

here is a live example

http://jsfiddle.net/JKbjV/1/