A couple of options: 1) Use a key for the checkbox that is a combination of the two keys, combined with a character that cannot be in the keys themselves (e.g. key1::key2). They just separate them in the action, or better yet, have the form separate them.
2) Use JavasSript on the check of a row to enable/disable the two hidden fields. Disabled fields do not get transferred to the server. However, this may not be an option because it is browser-dependant. I'd probably go with the first option. -- Michael D. Norman ProbuSoft -- Custom Software Development http://www.probusoft.com/ 913-390-6951 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: logic:iterate, checkboxes, and arrays of selected values... > > Hi folks, > > I have a problem which I have a kludgy solution for, and have to believe > there is a more elegant way of doing it... Here's the scenario. > > The page displays a non-editable list of records in a database, with a > checkbox at the beginning of each row. The list is indeterminate length, > based on selection criteria entered by the user in the previous page. The > user selects n number of rows, using the check boxes. Those rows are to > be > deleted from the database. > > The trick is that the rows have a three column key. One is constant based > on the user, so I need to get 2 pieces of information from each row before > I can delete it. > > My kludge is to have the value of the checkboxes be the indexId of the > logic:iterate. Each row has two hidden input fields, with the two > required > key values. Something like this: > > <logic:iterate id="item" name="listForm" property="txnList" type > ="Transaction" indexId="counter"> > <tr> > <td width="69" align="center"> > <input type="checkbox" name="selectedTxns" value="<%=counter%>"/> > </td> > .... display data ... > <td width="88"><%=item.getTotal()%></td> > <!-- Hidden input fields so we can retrieve all the required data > about the selected transaction... --> > <td class="sidelink" width="1"> > <input type="hidden" name="orderIds" value="<%=item.getOrderID > ()%>"/> > </td> > <td class="sidelink" width="1"> > <input type="hidden" name="deptAreas" value="<%=item.getDeptArea > ()%>"/> > </td> > </tr> > </logic:iterate> > > In the formData bean, I have three String [ ] attributes to accept the > values of the checkbox and the two hidden fields. > > The problem is that since there is data in the hidden input fields for > every row, I get every value back in the array, instead of only the data > for the rows which are checked. What I have to do in the action is read > the values from the String [ ] for the checkbox , and use that value as > the > index into the other two string arrays. > > Like I said, its kludgy, but it works... > > But, I have to believe there's a way to send back an array of beans, with > only the values of the fields for those rows which are checked, but I > can't > find anything in books or searching the web which describes how to do > this. > > Does anyone have a cleaner way to do this type of thing? > > Thanx! > > c'ya > Mike > ---- > Mike Boucher [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Edgil Associates www.edgil.com > > "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive!" > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
