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in thread altering existing form

Correct form.tmpl is just HTML and has: 
<input type=text name="dept" size=30>

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display.tmpl has: 
<strong>Department: </strong><TMPL_VAR NAME=DEPARTMENT><BR>

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body.tmpl has: 
Department: <TMPL_VAR NAME=DEPARTMENT>

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I think I just need to add DEPT in %formparams, it's contents will be the @dept, and in the form.tmpl stick in
<select name="dept"><TMPL_VAR NAME=DEPT></select> Gonna try that...

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Re^3: altering existing form
by EvanK (Chaplain) on Feb 27, 2007 at 15:29 UTC
    In that case, you want to replace the aforementioned <input> element in form.tmpl with a <select> element with an HTML::Template loop inside it: 
    <select name="dept">
<TMPL_LOOP NAME="DEPT_LOOP">
<option value="<TMPL_VAR NAME="DEPT">"><TMPL_VAR NAME="DEPT">
</TMPL_LOOP>
</select>

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    Then, from within your script, you want to select all possible departments from your database, and populate that list using the loop name (DEPT_LOOP in the example). For more info on how to do that, see the HTML::Template docs.

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