// JavaScript Document

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// sortSelect(select_object)
//   Pass this function a SELECT object and the options will be sorted
//   by their text (display) values
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
function sortSelect(obj) {
	var o = new Array();
	if (!hasOptions(obj)) { return; }
	for (var i=0; i<obj.options.length; i++) {
		o[o.length] = new Option( obj.options[i].text, obj.options[i].value, obj.options[i].defaultSelected, obj.options[i].selected) ;
		}
	if (o.length==0) { return; }
	o = o.sort( 
		function(a,b) { 
			if ((a.text+"") < (b.text+"")) { return -1; }
			if ((a.text+"") > (b.text+"")) { return 1; }
			return 0;
			} 
		);

	for (var i=0; i<o.length; i++) {
		obj.options[i] = new Option(o[i].text, o[i].value, o[i].defaultSelected, o[i].selected);
		}
	}
	
function hasOptions(obj) {
	if (obj!=null && obj.options!=null) { return true; }
	return false;
	}