Hi all,
I've written an input form that uses a multiple <html:select>.
The user selects the options they want and these options are
subsequently inserted into the database.
The problem is, that due to an apparent limitation of the html:select
"value" property, if I want to use it to update the database,
that is, I want the user to both be able to de-select existing
selections as well as select new ones, I don't seem to be able to.
This is due to the fact that the "value" field can only take a single
value! That is, I can set the value to "-1", so that each pre-selected
field is set to -1, but if these are re-selected I have no way of
telling which record was re-selected! And if it was de-selected I can't
tell which record I should delete!
I want to be able to pass a Collection object bean to the value field instead,
so that all values in the Collection object are pre-selected so that these
values are also meaningful when passed back to my Action (or not).
I would love some feedback from anyone that may have a work-around for this,
if not it is a serious limitation of the html:select tag.
regards,
Paul
