AJAX is quite good for stuff like this - no license required for developing with it. Prebuilt examples can be found all over the place. Some may require licensing, or place limits on where/how it can be used; however, the first link below provides a free GPL library:

http://www.fortysomething.ca/mt/...ives/ 005648.php

http://www.google.com/uds/soluti...show/ index.html

Not sure if this is useful for you - just thought I'd point it out...
Whateverman | Homepage | 10.29.08 - 12:04 pm | #

Dude! As usual, you are da man! I've been meaning to play with Ajax a little more anyway; the only things I've ever used it for is populating subordinate dropdowns after the "parent" dropdown selection has been made (boring!). This will both solve my problem AND give me some valuable programming experience.

Thanks, dude!
Vulture | Homepage | 10.29.08 - 1:51 pm | #

Glad I could help. Count me jealous - I'm stuck pumping out canned web functionality and vastly more documentation; I haven't written code in over a year :p
Whateverman | Homepage | 10.29.08 - 2:09 pm | #

I haven't written code in over a year

I'd open a vein. I can't go more than a few weeks without coding SOMETHING!

What a geek I am!
Vulture | Homepage | 10.29.08 - 3:38 pm | #

AOL is also dropping their personal homepages and journals/blogs, as of October 31. Have been downloading favorite pages like crazy, because it will all disappear! Google stepped in to offer moving help for AOL bloggers; but overall it has been a real PAIN.
Toes | Homepage | 10.30.08 - 1:19 am | #

Hey Toes! Welcome back. Missed you!

What in the blue blazes is going on over at AOL? I smell a buyout or a merger - why else would they be dumping all of their services like this?
Vulture | Homepage | 10.30.08 - 6:13 am | #

Buyout/merger, good possiblities there. Skimming down to the barebones of ISP and instant messaging. Maybe AT&T is in the shadows. . .
Toes | Homepage | 11.03.08 - 10:26 pm | #

AOL could use a White Knight to bail it out...it hasn't been a true money-making entity in years.
Vulture | Homepage | 11.04.08 - 7:37 am | #

It'd have to undergo some significant changes. People don't want monolithic content providers any more - they simply want a broadband connection.

Besides, I remember several months of playing Neverwinter Nights on AOL back in the mid 90's. At $2/hour, I think I racked up several months of $200 bills from them. The bastards had their fun (at my expense), now it's time to get with the program :p
Whateverman | 11.07.08 - 9:10 am | #

LOLZ!
Vulture | Homepage | 11.07.08 - 10:17 am | #

Way to go on the subject of Sarah Palin ...What a patheti bunch of crybabies snipping away at her anonymously. Shame. Nice touch from you.
yodaddy | 11.09.08 - 5:45 pm | #