Greetings to all.

I'm desperate. I'm trying to use the multiple limited select fields from other db with no success. I'm able to create a a single select from an outside db ok, but not multiple.

I event tried cheating a bit and concatenating 2 single selects from an outside database but all I get is the field number instead of the value.

something like this(code):

@all_fieldnum=$other_fieldnum2 . " " . $other_fieldnum3;

Can anyone PLEASE help shed some light into this matter? I'm on a huge deadline and my poor brain is about as fried as it gets :)

Here's the code I have from Multiple select from outside database:

code:

sub build_limited_multiple_select_field_from_other_db {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Builds a SELECT field from an external database.
# Parameters are the column to which the value will be written -- $column
# a default value -- $value
# the height of the select field -- $size (optional)

my ($column, $value, $size) = @_;
my (@fields, $field, @selectfields, $selected, $fieldnum1, $fieldnum2, @lines, $line, $output, $found, @values);
$size or ($size = 3);
@values = split (/\Q$db_delim\E/,$value);

# Be sure to change the following to match your database. The name of the other .db file
$db_other_file_name = $db_script_path . "/artists.db";

# The number of the field in the other .db file that holds the values you want in your select field
$fieldnum1 = 1;

# The number of the field in the other .db file that holds the userid.
$fieldnum2 = 0;

# End of things to edit.

for ($i = 0; $i <= $#db_cols; $i++) {
if ($column eq $db_cols[$i]) {
$found = 1;
last;
}
}
if (!$found) {
return "error building select field: no fields specified!";
}
open (DB, "<$db_other_file_name") or &cgierr("Error in build_select_field_from_other_db. Unable to open $db_other_file_name. Reason: $!");
if ($db_use_flock) { flock(DB, 1); }
LINE: while (<DB> ) {
next if /^#/;
next if /^\s*$/;
$line = $_;
chomp ($line);
@fields = &split_decode ($line);
if ($fields[$fieldnum2] eq $db_userid) {
if (!(grep $_ eq $fields[$fieldnum1], @selectfields)) {
push (@selectfields, $fields[$fieldnum1]);
}
}
}
close DB;

$output = qq|<SELECT NAME="Name" MULTIPLE SIZE=$size><OPTION>---|;
foreach $field (sort @selectfields) {
$selected = 0;
foreach $value (@values) {
if ($value eq $field) {
$output .= "<OPTION SELECTED>$field";
$selected = 1;
}
}
unless ($selected) {
$output .= "<OPTION>$field";
}
}
$output .= "</SELECT>";
return $output;
}


ONce again, thanks in advance:)