its simple, use the following method:
String str[] = req.getParameterValues("options");
this will help you get both/all the values, irrespective of how many elements in the
HTML form are named as "options". Request.getParameterValues("paramname") returns
array of String objects.
regards
purnima
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 Jeevan P. Venkata wrote :
>I'm using Tomcat 4.0 and jdk1.3.1. I've written a
>simple servlet that
>takes parameter from the HttpServletRequest using
>getParameter and simply
>displays on the console. In the HTML form, I have two
>check boxes with the
>same name, say "options", with different values. When
>the servlet is being
>executed, it's printing only one value in Tomcat, while
>it's printing both
>the values separated by commas ("1,3") in Java Web
>Server. I want to get
>the same functionality as in Java Web Server. How to
>get it? If can't 'Why?'.
>
>
>Example code:
>
>import java.io.*;
>import javax.servlet.*;
>import javax.servlet.http.*;
>
>public class TestCheckbox extends HttpServlet {
> public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req,
>HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException,
>IOException {
> String values = req.getParameter("options");
> System.out.println("checkbox value : " + values);
> }
>}
> And the HTML form:
>
><html>
><head>
><title>Untitled Document</title>
><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>charset=iso-8859-1">
></head>
>
><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
><form method="get" action="http://localhost:8080/example-
>s/servlet/TestCheckbox">
> Check box 1
> <input type="checkbox" name="options" value="1">
> <br>
> Check box 2
> <input type="checkbox" name="options" value="3">
> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
></form>
></body>
></html>
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