The "select" tag has a "multiple" attribute that allows you to select more than one entry.

<tr>
<td align="left"><strong>Choose data:</strong></td>
<td>
<select name="collab" size="1" multiple="multiple">
<option />
<option> First Selection</option>
<option> Second Selection</option>
<option> Third Selection</option>
<option> Fourth Selection</option>
</select>
</td>
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In cases like this, CGI::param returns a list of all the selected items.

"The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club."
-- Chip Salzenberg

Anonymonk should note that davorg is super++ because adding multiple="multiple" will make the code XHTML compliant, and who doesn't want that? :)

John J Reiser
newrisedesigns.com

Thanks but the output in my email is still one value. Here is how I am using param in my cgi:

use CGI qw(:standard);

# bundle up form submissions into a mail_body

$mail_body = '';

foreach $field (param) {
    foreach $value (param($field)) {
        $mail_body .= "$field: $value\n";
    }
}

open (MAIL,"|$sendmail") || die "Can't open sendmail pipe: $!\n";


print MAIL <<"EOF";
To: You
From: Me
Subject: web data

$mail_body
EOF
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   print $query->scrolling_list(
                -name=>'possessions',
                -Values=>['A Coconut','A Grail','An Icon',
                      'A Sword','A Ticket'],
                -size=>5,
                -multiple=>'true');
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Dingus

Change the size="1" to something other than one.

Do this using CGI.pm's functions.

print scrolling_list(-name=>"collab",
-values=>["First", "Second", "Third", "Fourth"],
-multiple=>'true',);
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The multiple will allow for multiple selections.

John J Reiser
newrisedesigns.com

Update: added "multiple" cause I was a dummy.

<select name="collab" multiple size=1>
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