Perhaps I can better explain myself. I am building a form from a database of questions and answers. The goal is to make this as flexible as possible (least amount of restrictions as possible such as "no commas allowed")
Example: ID Ques Ans 1 Favorite Colors beige;white;green 2 What Season spring, when it's cold;spring, when it's hot;summer, when it's cloudy;summer, when it's sunny Now, my form would have the following: <form... Favorite Colors:<br> <input type="checkbox" name="1" value="blue"><br> <input type="checkbox" name="1" value="orange"><br> <input type="checkbox" name="1" value="black"><br> <p>What Season:<br> <input type="checkbox" name="2" value="spring, when it's cold"><br> <input type="checkbox" name="2" value="spring, when it's hot"><br> <input type="checkbox" name="2" value="summer, when it's cloudy"><br> <input type="checkbox" name="2" value="summer, when it's sunny"> </form> On the processing page I would like to be able to use FORM.1 and FORM.2 as a list. Since FORM.1 has no commas in it, I would have a list of 3 elements (blue,white,green). However, FORM.2 would give me a list of 8 elements when in reality it should be 4 elements. Hope this clarifies it a little, Michel Michel Rouse wrote: > I am having trouble with a form I am creating. > > If I use a check boxes to capture the data, it will create a list of > values seperated by commas. For example, a user checks off three boxes > 1: blue; 2: orange; 3: white. As a result, FORM.color = > blue,orange,white. This is fine except if my options were 1: > blue,purple; 2: orange; 3: white. Here, FORM.color = > blue,purple,orange,white which means I have 4 answers even though the > user only selected three anwsers. I would like to be able to seperate > the items but I'm not sure how. > > Ideally, I would like to have FORM.color = > "blue,purple","orange","white". > > Perhaps the answer lies in doing something to the answers before they > get passed to the form processing page. Something to indicate that the > , in blue,purple is just plain text and not a delimiter for the evenual > list. > > Any help would be appreciated, > Michel > > -- > "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like > an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like > a minute. That's relativity." > > -- Einstein, Albert > _______________________ > > Michel Anthony Rouse > Webmaster > Steltor > > 2000 Peel street, 4th floor > Montreal, Quebec > H3A 2W5 > Canada > > tel: +1 (514) 733-8500 x-5001 > fax: +1 (514) 733-8878 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.steltor.com > > Toll free in North America: 1-800-675-2991 > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: Michel Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) -- "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity." -- Einstein, Albert _______________________ Michel Anthony Rouse Webmaster Steltor 2000 Peel street, 4th floor Montreal, Quebec H3A 2W5 Canada tel: +1 (514) 733-8500 x-5001 fax: +1 (514) 733-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.steltor.com Toll free in North America: 1-800-675-2991 - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. This message has been posted by: Michel Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. (http://www.infopreneur.net)
