radio buttons.

[andycape]

If I have 2 radio buttons on a page
- both values are the same (the ID of a line in a database), and both have to be named the same so that they work properly as radio buttons, so how do I know which one is checked when i submit and get to the next page ?? (both have same name and value )

Thanx.
Andy

 

[theboyhope]

If all their values, ID's, etc. are the same, what difference does it make if they choose one or the other?

 

[andycape]

they are for 2 different things, one is decline and one is approve - the values are the same but when i get to the next page i will take the ID and either approve or decline the "order".

must be radio buttons - with checkbox the user could check them both.

 

[theboyhope]

Nope, sorry - I still don't get it. If everything about those two radio buttons is the same then you'll get the same information whichever they choose.

 

[andycape]

yes I will get the same information, but i need to know what to do with it. If it were 2 checkbox's i could name the one "approve" and the other "decline". both would have the same value, but i get to the next page i would know if i must approve or decline.

Unfortunatly with radio buttons they both have to be named the same. this is my problem, not the fact that both have the same value.

 

[theboyhope]

Why not use the order ID (or whatever it is) as the name for the radio set and set the values to "approve" and "decline"?

 

[ChrisHunt]

Use a <input type=&quot;hidden&quot;> to pass your order ID, and pass two different values, say &quot;accept&quot; and &quot;decline&quot;, as some other named value in your radio buttons.

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[EdwardMartinIII]

Instead of a radio selector (Approve|Disapprove) I suppose you could remove the [Enter] button entirely and make [Approve] [Disapprove] into buttons.

It depends on where in your form they reside, of course...

Cheers,


Edward

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