+my $onchange = '';
+if ( $opt{'onchange'} ) {
+ $onchange = $opt{'onchange'};
+ $onchange .= '(this)' unless $onchange =~ /\(\w*\);?$/;
+ $onchange =~ s/\(what\);/\(this\);/g; #ugh, terrible hack. all onchange
+ #callbacks should act the same
+ $onchange = 'onChange="'. $onchange. '"';
+}
+
+my $dbdef_table = dbdef->table($opt{'table'})
+ or die "can't find dbdef for ". $opt{'table'}. " table\n";