NOT IMPORTANT, i was just wondering ...

[naper2000]

If you were making a thing with a list of items and then only one person can have one pick of each item how would you do it?


I only know html, some xml, and some java scripting... my knowledge is minimal but i just wanted to know wat program i could use and wat technique if u have a link great!!

thanx appreciate b4 hand

[Tekime]

I guess we would need to know the circumstances surrounding the situation. If all of these people were sitting at one computer, as opposed to connecting to the 'list' via a web page or other remote application it would be simpler.

Since you mentioned HTML and JavaScript I assume this would be something you want done on-line. You would need a server-side scripting language such as PHP, Perl or ASP that kept track of the list of items in a flat file or database. Every time a user selected a specific item from the list, it could be assigned to that user and those values stored to disk. Every time someone selected a list item, you could check the stored file for its avilability in case someone else had selected in the time the list was generated for the first user and the time they selected an item.

First you would need to decide if you need to keep track of which item was selected by which user, or simply whether an item had been selected.

PS. What the heck are we talking about here?

[rock]

Yeah, what are we talking about? Before reading Tekime's reply, I was thinking along the lines of an ArrayList, allowing the choice (or random selection) of an item in the list, then remove() that choice from the ArrayList. Programmatically quick and simple.

But I was thinking programming, where Tekime might be thinking interface. What are you thinking?

[naper2000]

sorry bout not being specific enough.

Im not planning to do this anytime soon i barely have time to surf the net 10 mins a day. I was just wondering if i could use a java script function to do this like a shopping cart sorta but change it a little.

Hmmmm... let me give u an example of what it should be like...

uh maybe like the election recall thing the ones that they use computers would they be a way to some how write something like that in javascript or html or xml?????

im not planing to do this and rmember its NOT IMPORTANT. Thanx and i appreciate all your opinions. hope its clear now