I'm trying to do a 2 drop-down menus (the first is generated from an access database, using coldfusion) and i want to populate the 2nd drop down menu based on what was selected from the first. I think i have to use javascript, but i'm a newbie when it comes to javascript. can anyone give any suggestions/help/advice ? thanks. scott here's the snippet to generate the first dropdown: #heading# based on what "#heading#" is, the second drop down is generated. thanks.