this worked well. thank you very much >No. Fields with the same name name return a comma-delimited list when more >than 1 is checked. Also, a checkbox is not True or False, it is Undefined or >Value (of value="#checkbox_value#). > >In your case, the hidden field should be present on forms with checkboxes >and provide, as you surmised, a defualt value of 0. >Use IsDefined('FORM.checkbox_name') in the UPDATE to determine whether to >updaytre the field. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: daniel kessler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:44 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: inserting checkboxes into a db > > >><input type="hidden" name="c1" value="0"> >> <input type="checkbox" name="c1" value="a"> >> <input type="checkbox" name="c1" value="b"> > >So the hidden sets the default value, right? Here's what I did. > >on the page: ><input type="hidden" name="#checkbox_name#" value="0"> ><input name="#checkbox_name#" #checked# type="checkbox" id="#checkbox_name#" >value="#checkbox_value#"> > >and on the UPDATE page, I left it as is: ><cfif structKeyExists(form,'mandate')> > <cfset session.mandate = form.mandate> >mandate = <cfqueryparam value="#session.mandate#" >cfsqltype="CF_SQL_NUMERIC">, ></cfif> > >So, whenever the checkbox exists, it'll either input this the checkbox value >or it's hidden field, because the checkbox won't overwrite it. right? > >oh, I just checked that and it sorta works. If it's not checked, it works >fine. If it's checked, then it puts out 38352 in the value, rather than the >1 it's supposed to be. I suppose it's having problems with two fields being >named the same. > >While I don't know if this is how you meant for me to implement it, it >seemed intriguing.
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