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I have a form that uses entry data in drop downs. When you choose “Trip Name”, the Departure Dates change based on the selection. The departure dates are custom field data stored in the ‘Trips’ channel. Trip Name is stored there too.

This is the page.

http://67.199.23.35/reservations/step1.cfm

So obviously I need to use javascript to accomplish this, but I am not sure how.

The other thing I need to do is automatically select a Trip Name from the drop down when a user clicks on a “Reserve” link from other pages. Check out the reserve link on these pages. Click on one and it will take you to the form with the Trip Name automatically selected.

http://67.199.23.35/tripcalendar/
http://67.199.23.35/trips/tripdetail.cfm?TripID=26

With a quickly approaching deadline I could really use some help from more experienced EE gurus.

Thanks.

I have a form that uses entry data in drop downs. When you choose “Trip Name”, the Departure Dates change based on the selection. The departure dates are custom field data stored in the ‘Trips’ channel. Trip Name is stored there too.

This is the page.

http://67.199.23.35/reservations/step1.cfm

So obviously I need to use javascript to accomplish this, but I am not sure how.

jQuery for designers has a tutorial that may help you to get started on this: http://jqueryfordesigners.com/populate-select-boxes/
Other useful links:
https://github.com/ehynds/jquery-related-selects
http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/chained

The other thing I need to do is automatically select a Trip Name from the drop down when a user clicks on a “Reserve” link from other pages. Check out the reserve link on these pages. Click on one and it will take you to the form with the Trip Name automatically selected.

http://67.199.23.35/tripcalendar/
http://67.199.23.35/trips/tripdetail.cfm?TripID=26

With a quickly approaching deadline I could really use some help from more experienced EE gurus.

Thanks.

Notice the “?TripID=26”? You can easily pass a similar parameter using url segment variables
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/globals/url_segments.html