Checkbox values get returned only if they are checked. In this case,
both checkboxes return the value "ON" which isn't what you want.
Try:
<input type=checkbox name="Male">
<input type=checkbox name="Female">
(Notice that I haven't assigned values to the checkboxes since we only
care if it's checked or not.)
Then something like this will tell you if the checkboxes have been
checked:
boolean maleChecked = (req.getParameter("Male") != null);
boolean femaleChecked = (req.getParameter("Female") != null);
But like Bob Withers said, this is a case where you probably want to use
radio buttons rather than checkboxes, in which case follow his radio
button example.
Russell Montgomery
Digital Renaissance
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SUH [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 2:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: how do you know which chechbox was checked ?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm writting Web pages contianing some checkboxes.
>
> But I can't verify which checkbox was selected:
>
> For example>>
> <input type="checkbox" name="male" value="ON">
> <input type="checkbox name="female" value="ON">
>
> Then
>
> A user will check one of checkboxes.
>
> In servlet
> ,
>
> req.getParameter("male");
> OR
> req.getParameter("female");
> These are not working. The statements always return "ON".
> I want to know which one was checked.
>
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