How to select database from drop down selection

[m2244]

Hello,

 

I am trying to create a web based tool for use around the office. What this needs to do is present a drop down menu with, at this time, 2 choices. The choice selected determines the proper database to query. I am not sure how to do this at all.

 

Not sure if I need to use JS (which I use a lot) or AJAX (which I am not familiar with). Can anyone get me going in a direction here?

[rgopal101]

in this section what you want to change by change the database ,like for some time or for particular user or particular page what is the purpuse of this..?

[cyberRobot]

Are you looking to keep this on the client side (JavaScript/AJAX)?

 

If not, you could build a simple drop down menu in HTML and process the selection with PHP. The following tutorial may help:

http://www.html-form-guide.com/php-form/php-form-select.html

[m2244]

in this section what you want to change by change the database ,like for some time or for particular user or particular page what is the purpuse of this..?

 

Well, when a user here in the office (internal use only) hits this page they will need to select, from a drop down menu, one of two choices. These choices correspond to one of two databases. So they make this choice, enter some other information or not and hit a 'Search' button, this will show them the matching data from the correct database.

[m2244]

Are you looking to keep this on the client side (JavaScript/AJAX)?

 

If not, you could build a simple drop down menu in HTML and process the selection with PHP. The following tutorial may help:

http://www.html-form-guide.com/php-form/php-form-select.html

 

Thanks for the help. this helps. The thing is that I need to populate another drop down based on the user's first selection. I guess this is the real challenge for me.