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Using radio buttons in form to search different URLs

in Using jQuery • 10 years ago

I have a form with a search field that I want to search two different databases depending on which radio button is selected. Below is the form I have for searching our library's online catalog. What I'd like to do is add a radio button to this form which would enable the same search box to search WorldCat, which has a different URL (http://firstsearch.oclc.org.cgcc-access.sage.eou.edu). What do I have to change in the following code to accomplish that? Thanks in advance.

<option value="keyword" selected="selected">Keyword</option>

<option value="title">Title</option>

<option value="author">Author</option>

<option value="subject">Subject</option>

<option value="series">Series</option>

</select>

<br/>

<input label="cgcc" name="l" type="radio" value="176" checked="checked" /><label for="cgcc">CGCC Library</label>

</form>

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jay.blanc..

Re: Using radio buttons in form to search different URLs

10 years ago

There are a couple of ways to skin this cat. First you would need to add the radio boxes to the form and label them properly;

Then you would use jQuery to determine the value of the selected radio box;

var checkedURL = $('input[name="radioURL"]:checked').val();

checkedURL should contain the URL associated with the one that is checked. Then you can use that URL in an AJAX function to submit the form to the appropriate location.

cgcclibra..

Re: Using radio buttons in form to search different URLs

10 years ago

Thanks Jay. I'm extremely new at this - last week I didn't know what jQuery was. Two questions:

1) What would the AJAX function look like?
2) I already have two radio boxes that I need to keep. They are searching variations of the same URL, with different values. What I'm looking to do is add a third radio button, which will search something totally different. Does adding a third radio button change the approach you've suggested?

Thanks again.

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