in reply to building Drop down menu - from a flat file

Since this really smacks of homework - my answer will be more of a general pointing than definative.

Look into loading your data into a hash - use the column you want distinct as the key



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Re: Re: building Drop down menu - from a flat file
by data67 (Monk) on Jul 24, 2002 at 17:59 UTC
    This is not HOMEWORK. i am trying to modify an existing app. and am restricted in Certain ways.By the way i do agree that this has to use some sort of datastructure eg. HoH or HoAoH etc..
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