try this for fun - it accepts the text box values as anrray

#!/usr/bin/perl
## relatively painless iteration over multiple selection boxes
use CGI qw(:standard);

@sel = param('sel');

@entry = ("first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "sev
+enth", "eighth", "ninth", "tenth");

print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";

if ($sel[0] ne '')
{
#  do database stuff here (each entry in the sel array is the index to
+ your array of data for the database)
## just for fun show boxes checked
   foreach $ent (@sel)
   {
      print "you checked the $entry[$ent] box<br>\n";
   }
}

print <<EOF
  <form name=fred action=jd.cgi>

  <table>
    <tr>
       <td>
          one <input type=checkbox name=sel value=0>
       </td>
       <td>
          two <input type=checkbox name=sel value=1>
       </td>
       <td>
          three <input type=checkbox name=sel value=2>
       </td>
       <td>
         four <input type=checkbox name=sel value=3>
       </td>
       <td>
          five <input type=checkbox name=sel value=4>
       </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
       <td>
          six <input type=checkbox name=sel value=5>
       </td>
       <td>
          seven <input type=checkbox name=sel value=6>
       </td>
       <td>
          eight <input type=checkbox name=sel value=7>
       </td>
       <td>
          nine <input type=checkbox name=sel value=8>
       </td>
       <td>
          ten <input type=checkbox name=sel value=9>
       </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <input type=submit value=showme>
  </form>
EOF


Hope this helps
John
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