You are correct. it is simple.
When you go into the dropdown properties, you will find that when binding
the dropdown you have different boxes for "display" and for "value". You need
to configure the datasource to return for each row (each employee) both the
ID and the display name, and bind the dropdown to display the names, but
store the values.

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> I need to display one value in a form drop down, but insert another
> value when the user clicks submit.
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> Thanks!
> Scott
scottchampion@gmail.com - 14 Feb 2007 23:00 GMT
On Feb 13, 3:58 pm, Ishai Sagi
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> You are correct. it is simple.
>
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> > Thanks!
> > Scott
This worked perfectly. Thanks!