Re: More than one value in a <select> field

[Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>]

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At 02:22 PM 6/4/99 , trese wrote:
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>I'm not sure if this is an HTML question for a minivend question.  Is it
>possible to set more than one variable with a <select> tag inside a form?  I
>was thinking having a [selected variable_to_set value_for_it_to_be_set_to]
>inside of the <option> tag within a <select>, but I can't seem to get it to
>work.  Is this possible, or am I going about it all wrong?  

	Hmm... a pulldown selecting more than one item?  They would all have to be
the same variable... but you can do this:

<SELECT SIZE=7 NAME="variable_to_set" MULTIPLE>
<OPTION VALUE="one">The First Thing
<OPTION VALUE="two">The Second Thing
<OPTION VALUE="dunno">I have no idea
</SELECT>

	The user would, I believe, have to hold CNTRL to select multiples.

	In a CGI context this would return a comma seperated list of items picked
for variable_to_set (example :  one,dunno)   So you might have to learn
some PERL to split the values on the comma.  The same is true for
checkboxes...  but, then again, MV might have handling for this.

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