in reply to Selecting more than one option on form.

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.

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Re: (nrd) Re: Selecting more than one option on form.
by newrisedesigns (Curate) on Nov 06, 2002 at 14:28 UTC

    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

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Re: Re: Selecting more than one option on form.
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 06, 2002 at 15:15 UTC
    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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