Upon Render Remove Countries From DropDown List

[theblade24]

Hi, I have a dropdown list of countries used to select which countries I'll ship to.

I really only need it to be United States and Canada.... but the list of options includes about every country there is.

I cannot alter this list, there is a template tag that simply spits out the following code when the page renders (list shorted for ease of display)

<select name="billing_country" onchange="document.billing.action='checkout3.asp?step=3&amp;action=updatecountry';document.billing.submit();" class="txtBoxStyle">
<option value="AF">
Afghanistan
</option>
<option value="AX">
Aland Islands
</option>
<option value="AL">
Albania
</option>
<option value="DZ">
Algeria
</option>
<option value="AS">
American Samoa
</option>
<option value="AD">
Andorra
</option>
<option value="AO">
Angola
</option>
<option value="AI">
Anguilla
</option>
<option value="AQ">
Antarctica
</option>
<option value="AG">
Antigua &amp; Barbuda
</option>
<option value="CA">
Canada
</option>
<option selected="" value="US">
United States
</option>
</selected>

I need a method of removing all the choices from the list except United States and Canada so only those two can be seen when the list drops down.

Can this be done with javascript? Code?

[Fotiman]

It can be done with JavaScript, but should not be. Any users that don't have JavaScript will get the full list still. You really should modify the template to remove the options.

[theblade24]

Unfortunately, as I mentioned

"I cannot alter this list, there is a template tag that simply spits out the following code when the page renders"

[Fotiman]

And as I mentioned "You really should modify the template to remove the options."

Why can't you modify the template?

[theblade24]

Because the template simply has a template tag [ddcountrylist] that produces that code.

I don't have access to what that tag spits out.

I can only possibly change it before the page render is complete.

[Fotiman]

What kind of template is it? PHP? Where is the code behind that template tag that generates the output? That's what you should be modifying.