Combo box options based on another combo box option selected

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Hi,
I have a situation where the user has to select the category of the report from a dynamically generated options in a combo box. Based on the option selected, the options for the second combo box are to be generated.
I have been able to dynamically generarate the options for the first combo box. I however need to capture the option selected here and pass it to the dao in the second combo box to dynamically generate the options. This is where I am not able to progress further.
Any suggestions?
The code is as follows :

<TR><TD WIDTH="30%">Choose Category</TD><TD WIDTH="70%"><html:select        property="categoryOption"  >
                   <%!
                          au.com.dao.ReportCategoriesAvailableFrReqQuery     categoryQuery = new au.com.dao.ReportCategoriesAvailableFrReqQuery();
                          java.util.ArrayList al1 = new java.util.ArrayList();
                          java.util.Iterator iterator1 = null;
                          String category = null;
                          String categorySelected = null;
                    %>
                    <%
                           al1 = categoryQuery.getReportCategory("ROL-ERMLEGAL-USER");                                                      
                           iterator1 = al1.iterator();
                           while( iterator1.hasNext()){
                           category =  ((au.com.beans.CategoryAvailableBean)(iterator1.next()) ).getCategory();                           
                %> 
                        
                         <html:option value="<%=category %>" ></html:option> 
                <%    
                             System.out.println("Category Selected is " + categorySelected );
                           }
                %>           
           </html:select><br></TR>
           <input type=hidden name=action> 
                
            </TD>
        </TR>
    <TR><TD WIDTH="30%">CASE PROFILE</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">

<bean:write name="categoryOption"/><html:select property="report">
                       
                       <%!
                          au.com.dao.ReportsAvailableForRequestQuery     reportListQuery = new au.com.dao.ReportsAvailableForRequestQuery();
                          java.util.ArrayList al = new java.util.ArrayList();
                          java.util.Iterator iterator = null;
                          String repName = null;
                       %>
                       <%
                           al = reportListQuery.getRepAvaForReq( ((au.com.reportrequest.ReportRequestForm)session.getAttribute("reportrequestForm")).getCategoryOption() );
                           //System.out.println("******* Category is " + reportrequestForm );
                          // al = reportListQuery.getRepAvaForReq();                           
                           
                           iterator = al.iterator();
                           System.out.println("<<<< Setp 2 :Array List for Report Created");
                           while( iterator.hasNext()){
                           repName =  ((au.com.vic.workcover.beans.ReportsAvailableBean)(iterator.next()) ).getReportName();                           
                           System.out.println("<<<< Setp 3 :Array List for Category Created");                   
                       %> 
                        
                         <html :option value="<%=repName %>" ></html :option> 
                       <%    
                           }
                       %>

</html:select><br></TR> 
               
      </TD>

[ September 26, 2003: Message edited by: Junilu Lacar ]

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