hi @LL, i have dropdown box which selects event from our sql database using arrays and php. here is the code for the dropdown: $selectedProductCodeTag=" <select name='selectedProd'> <option value='eventcode'> Today, event at my place </select> How to change it into textbox, so users will be able to type in something like: 01-02-2009 which will be date of the event, and eventcode will be changed to 10-02-2009 thanks