i *think* you can do something like <select name="county[]"> and then it will pass an array on submission (someone please correct if wrong!) failing that, you could use a javascript:onChange() function to set the value of a hidden field using something like (snippet from previous project)
function updateValueString() { var newValueString = ""; for ( i = 0; i < document.query.include_list.length; i++ ) { newValueString += "|" + document.query.include_list[i].value; } document.query.include.value = newValueString; } then on the next page, ignore the value submitted from the actual select, and just work with the value submitted by the hidden field. HTH /beau // -----Original Message----- // From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] // Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2001 1:46 AM // To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Subject: [PHP-DB] Capturing select values from a // multliple-select list // box // // // I have this bit of code where I am presenting the user a // mulitiple-select // dropdown box in a form as shown below: // // <select NAME="county" SIZE=5 MULTIPLE> // <?php // // get county list // $query = "SELECT cid, county FROM allcounties"; // $result = mysql_query($query, $connection) or die ("Error // in query: // $query. " . mysql_error()); // while (list($cid, $county) = mysql_fetch_array($result)) // { // echo "<option value=$cid>$county</option>"; // } // ?> // </select> // // My newbie question is, "How can I capture the values // associated with the // users' selections from the 'county' box?" Besides wanting // to save these // values to another table, I would like to do other things with the // selections prior to completing the processing of this form. // // Thanks, // // Kim Bjork // www.infoaxis.com // // // -- // PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) // To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // To contact the list administrators, e-mail: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]