How to Parse Request.Form 2

[TheMatt]

I have an selection control on an form named "UserOptions". I want the user to select multiple options on it. I would like to iterate through the options that the user selected after the form is submitted. Do I need to write code to parse out the Request.Form("UserOptions&quot results, or is there a better way.

 

[link9]

Yes, that's how you do it... if the user selects multiple, then the data is sent in a comma separated list. You should use split() to retrieve the values.

dim vals, valArray
vals = request.form("userOptions&quot
valArray = split(vals,",&quot


paul

 

[TheMatt]

Thanks for the help Paul!

 

[Guest_imported]

that will work fine if you have a multiple choice select box and you retrieve that control.
What if user have bunch of checkboxes?

 

[Ovatvvon]

Just_a_guy...I believe they are talking about checkboxes...but if not, go to this site I wrote up real quick to view how the checkboxes work and get the source code for how to control it. Pretty much the same as they are talking about here.

http://test.jwdinfo.com/check1.asp

-Ovatvvon :-Q

 

[link9]

No, we weren't talking about checkboxes, and I never even knew you could do checkboxes like radio buttons and get a comma separated list. SWEET!

Thanks, Ovatvvon!

 

[Ovatvvon]

heh, glad to be of service. Unusual that I am able to provide new information to you Link9!

Just out of curiousity then, what exactly where you talking about with the selection options above? You're naming select boxes with the same name to retrive from the next page? -Ovatvvon :-Q

 

[link9]

It's just like a regular <select> (dropdown list), only this particular flavor doesn't actually dropdown... rather, it is a little window with selections available, and if a user holds <CTRL> when they make their selections, they are able to select more than one (hence the difference from the garden variety <select>).

Here's an example:

<select name=&quot;select&quot; size=&quot;5&quot; multiple>
  <option value=&quot;1&quot; selected>1</option>
  <option value=&quot;2&quot;>2</option>
  <option value=&quot;3&quot;>3</option>
  <option value=&quot;4&quot;>4</option>
  <option value=&quot;5&quot;>5</option>
  <option value=&quot;6&quot;>6</option>
  <option value=&quot;7&quot;>7</option>
  <option value=&quot;8&quot;>8</option>
  <option value=&quot;9&quot;>9</option>
  <option value=&quot;10&quot;>10</option>
</select>

and then you just grab the stuff just like you do with the comma separated checkbox list, as you described.


paul

 

[Ovatvvon]

ah yes, I did know about that, just haven't had a need for it, so temp forgot about it.

Thanks. -Ovatvvon :-Q

 

[vasah20]

I *think* that if you have two or more of the same names in the form, eg:

<input name=&quot;abc&quot;
<input name=&quot;abc&quot;

it'll give you a comma separated list as well. One of those things you find in debugging


(you can tell I haven't been here in a while, I'm using the TTML tags all over the place ) leo

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Leo Mendoza
lmendoza@students.depaul.edu

 

[Guest_imported]

actually I'm using different method and was hoping to see something different that I know. I deal with a lot of database driven tools where users need to make a selection of control. Or imagine database driven survey where you have option buttons, checkboxes and textboxex loaded from db and all on the same page.
Very simple thing I use is form collection.
Say you have:
<input type=checkbox name=chk1 value=1>
<input type=checkbox name=chk2 value=2>
<input type=checkbox name=chk3 value=3>

<input type=radio name=what value=&quot;yes&quot;>
<input type=radio name=what value=&quot;no&quot;>

when form is submitted, you get elements of form collection like this:
for each objItem in request.form
if left(objItem,8)=&quot;checkbox&quot; then
selectedItem=Request.Form(objItem)
'store it or put into database or any process
elseif left(objItem,5)=&quot;radio&quot; then
selectedItem=Request.Form(objItem)
'store it or put into database or any process
end if
next

works nicely. place response.write in place of code withing for each-next and see all form elements and values submitted