using dynamic check boxes

[Leakyradiator]

I want to present about 15 checkboxes on a form. Each checkbox's name/value comes from a database.

When the form is filled in, and the appropriate checkboxes checked, it is then submitted.

On the action page, how do I determine which checkboxes are checked and get their name/value and insert the results into another table.

Thanks

 

[webmigit]

[b]form code[/b]

<form...>
<cfset namelist="">
<cfoutput query="stuff">
  <cfset namelist=listappend(namelist,[red]CURRENT_NAME[/red])>
  <input type="checkbox" name="#[red]CURRENT_NAME[/red]#" value="#whatever#"> #Whatever#<br>
</cfoutput>
<cfoutput><input type="text" name="namelist" value="#namelist#"></cfoutput>
<input type="submit" name="action" value="Submit">
</form>

It is critical that the hidden field remains outside of the main cfoutput.

This is psuedo-code, you'll have to do a lot of customizing because I didn't know your field names. This question has been asked probably better than 100 times in the last year or so, there's plenty of info on how to do it.

The red CURRENT_NAME is whatever the name of your variable is.

If we had an example of what you were trying to do, there's _probably_ an easier way to do it, but this will work for sure.

action code

<cfif isDefined("form.action")>
  Here are your values:
  <cfoutput><cfloop list="#namelist#" index="n">
    #n#: #FORM[n]#<br><br>
  </cfloop></cfoutput>
</cfif>

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