[OT] CGI - web site help

[Sarah Reichelt]

On 4/27/07, Bernard Devlin <revolution at knowledgeworks.plus.com> wrote:
> > a set of radio
> > buttons that alter the search results. Unfortunately, changing these
> > requires doing a new search before the new options are displayed.
> >
> > So my question is: is there any way to detect the radio buttons so the
> > options can be displayed dynamically?
>
> Hi Sarah,
>
> I'm not really clear what are the limitations which you are trying to
> overcome.  Do you mean that the radio buttons do something like to
> the search results e.g. change the sort order of the search results,
> or that they filter the search results in some way?  By "before the
> new options are displayed" do you mean "before the choice takes effect"?

Basically, the search finds matching products in a catalog. The radio
buttons allow you to show the list price or various discounts. The
problem is when the user selects a radio button but doesn't click
"Search" again. It looks as if a discounted price is being displayed,
but it really isn't.

Sarah