Reading Items for textarea

[mdr2271]

I want to be able to allow users to enter in a series of ID numbers into a textarea and then be able to take those ID numbers and break them up into separate records. For example, in the textarea they would enter something like this:

0000234
0004532
0000291
0009873

I then want to be able on the page the form is sent to break those up into four separate records.

Can anyone recommend the best way to do this?

 

[DreXor]

values = request.form("textarea")
valuearray = split(values,vbcr)
for each value in valuearray
select record from db, ... do whatever
next



mind you it's psuedocode

DreX
aKa - Robert
if all else fails, light it on fire and do the happy dance!
" I always think outside the 'box', because I'm never inside the 'loop' " - DreX 2005

 

[DreXor]

you may also only want to use one record at a time, then basically have a "go to next page" kind of thing, in this instance, you just use the first item in the for/next for display, and take the remainder of them and put them into a hidden form element and repeat the process on the next page, knocking the "grouped" record id's down one at a time each step.

DreX
aKa - Robert
if all else fails, light it on fire and do the happy dance!
" I always think outside the 'box', because I'm never inside the 'loop' " - DreX 2005