[arch_devil]

Hi, I'm a beginner so there are many things I do not know, please have patience with me. Haha.

I have this web browser which opens up a website(which is actually a .java page that sets and gets a page) that has a drop down list showing values that the user can select. And when I the firebug to inspect the elements in the page, what shows in the inspection window for the drop down list element is this:

<select id="instance2" name="instance2">    
<option value="0">All instances</option>    
<option value="1">Item0</option>    
<option value="2">Item1</option>    
<option value="3">Item2</option>    
                     .    
                     .    
                     .    
<option value="23">Item22</option>

What I'm supposed to do is to get the values and update them automatically to the database. I'm actually using HtmlUnit to do this project, and I've heard how I can use getElementById() to get the values. But I don't know how to start.

Thanks, help would be greatly appreciated!

[pbl]

Just as a reminder, your are in the Java forum
Better to post your question in the appropriate forum

[arch_devil]

Sorry, my question isn't java related? But I am using java to create this program in Netbeans. If not, which forum should I go to?

[pbl]

May be you are using Netbeans as an editor but for sure the code you posted is not Java code

May be Javascript ? I know nothing about it

[arch_devil]

Okay, thanks

[Dogstopper]

getElementById() is a Javascript command.
Java != Javascript!

Moving this to Javascript.

[Dormilich]

with document.getElementById() you get a HTMLElement. the easiest way to get the value of a dropdown list is using the .value property of the select element itself.

with your code that would be

document.getElementById("instance2").value