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texte = On 10/8/98 9:29 AM, Howard Wolosky so noted...>>Good, this is the way I will go. I have one more question though. I am >>using check boxes for the options. If it is checked I will send the value >>'T', is there a way to have an 'F' sent if the box is not checked or is >>it cool to just leave the field empty in the database? > >Let's say your checkbox was called bath. > > If you are appending/replacing with a context on the next page, I >generally like to do: > >[append db=whatever.db]......&[showif >[bath]=[raw][bath][/raw]]F[/showif][hideif >[bath]=[raw][bath][/raw]][bath][/hideif]&........[/append]Since you're just sending a boolean (T/F) this could be simplified as:[append db=whatever.db]......&bath=[showif [bath]=T]T[/showif][showif [bath]!T]F[/showif]&........[/append]If you have a huge number of these (which it sounds like you do) it may be easier to give each checkbox name a unique character and use a [formvariables] to loop through them to do the append.If your checkboxes in the form were named such as: then the following would add their values (as T or F) to a database:[append db=whatever.db]......[formvariables name=_&exact=F]&[name]=[showif [value]=T]T[/showif][showif [value]!T]F[/showif][/formvariables]........[/append]Note that the way this is set up, no other form element names could contain an underscore character (or else they'd be processed in that formvariables loop as well).Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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On 10/8/98 9:29 AM, Howard Wolosky so noted...>>Good, this is the way I will go. I have one more question though. I am >>using check boxes for the options. If it is checked I will send the value >>'T', is there a way to have an 'F' sent if the box is not checked or is >>it cool to just leave the field empty in the database? > >Let's say your checkbox was called bath. > > If you are appending/replacing with a context on the next page, I >generally like to do: > >[append db=whatever.db]......&[showif >[bath]=[raw][bath][/raw]]F[/showif][hideif >[bath]=[raw][bath][/raw]][bath][/hideif]&........[/append]Since you're just sending a boolean (T/F) this could be simplified as:[append db=whatever.db]......&bath=[showif [bath]=T]T[/showif][showif [bath]!T]F[/showif]&........[/append]If you have a huge number of these (which it sounds like you do) it may be easier to give each checkbox name a unique character and use a [formvariables] to loop through them to do the append.If your checkboxes in the form were named such as: then the following would add their values (as T or F) to a database:[append db=whatever.db]......[formvariables name=_&exact=F]&[name]=[showif [value]=T]T[/showif][showif [value]!T]F[/showif][/formvariables]........[/append]Note that the way this is set up, no other form element names could contain an underscore character (or else they'd be processed in that formvariables loop as well).Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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