Multiple <SELECT>

admin · Jan 10, 2008

I have a form on a HTML page with 50 (yes, fifty) <SELECT> boxes. Each one has a unique name which corresponds to a database field which will be updated when the 'Save' button is pressed. However, it seems to give my PC a headache, it takes up too much memory. Is there any suggestions how I can get round this ? 
 
 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> 
 
<HTML> 
 
<HEAD> 
 
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> 
 
<TITLE>roundthebend</TITLE> 
 
<BODY> 
 
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION='temp.php'> 
 
<SELECT NAME='1_1'> 
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=2>2</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=4>4</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=5>5</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
 
..... 
..... I'm not displaying them all !!! 
..... 
 
 VISUAL SEARCH SKILLS 
<SELECT NAME='9_3'> 
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=2>2</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=4>4</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=5>5</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
 
 LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES 
<SELECT NAME='10_1'> 
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=2>2</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=4>4</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=5>5</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
 
 BASIC CAR MECHANICS 
<SELECT NAME='10_2'> 
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=2>2</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=4>4</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=5>5</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 
<SELECT NAME='10_3'> 
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=2>2</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=4>4</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=5>5</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
 
 VEHICLE SECURITY 
<SELECT NAME='10_4'> 
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=2>2</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=4>4</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=5>5</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
 
 PLANNING A ROUTE 
<SELECT NAME='10_5'> 
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=2>2</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=4>4</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=5>5</OPTION> 
</SELECT> 
 
 <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME='SAVE' VALUE='SAVE'> 
 
</FORM> 
 
</BODY> 
 
</HTML>could you perhaps have 5 different pages with 10 drop downs on each, and the user goes through each page in sequence?Thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping to keep it all on one page but it looks like I'm going to have to alter my design. Shame, but we have to work within these limitations.

Multiple <SELECT>

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