Dear all

Im using HTTP::Request::Form to submit to a cgi link online.

Its going well, but I've come up against multiple checkboxes with the same name unfortunately: 

<div class="database_category">Citation Databases:</div>
 <div class="edition">
  <input type="checkbox" name="editions" checked value="D"> 
   <a href="" onClick="return show_help(
'http://wos4.isiknowledge.com:80/LinkOut.cgi?dest=help/h_database.htm%
+23sci&origin=http%3A//wos4.isiknowledge.com/CIW.cgi%3FSID%3DQVR5kArh@
+WcAAGvMDrs%26Func%3DGoBack');">
    <img class="binfo" src="Images/info.gif" name="Information"
         alt="Information" title="Information" />
   </a> 
   Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1955-present
 </div>
 <div class="edition">
  <input type="checkbox" name="editions" checked value="S">
   <a href="" onClick="return show_help('http://wos4.isiknowledge.com:
+80/LinkOut.cgi?dest=help/h_database.htm%23ssci&origin=http%3A//wos4.i
+siknowledge.com/CIW.cgi%3FSID%3DQVR5kArh@WcAAGvMDrs%26Func%3DGoBack')
+;">
    <img class="binfo" src="Images/info.gif" name="Information"
         alt="Information" title="Information" />
   </a>
  Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present 
 </div>
 <div class="edition">
  <input type="checkbox" name="editions" checked value="H">
   <a href="" onClick="return show_help('http://wos4.isiknowledge.com:
+80/LinkOut.cgi?dest=help/h_database.htm%23ahci&origin=http%3A//wos4.i
+siknowledge.com/CIW.cgi%3FSID%3DQVR5kArh@WcAAGvMDrs%26Func%3DGoBack')
+;">
    <img class="binfo" src="Images/info.gif" name="Information" 
         alt="Information" title="Information" />
   </a>
   Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present
 </div>

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According to HTTP::Request::Form, the only value sent to the cgi link for 'editions' is the last one 'H' even if they were all checked. This is confirmed in a dump of the form: 
FIELD{input/checkbox} editions=H
FIELD{input/checkbox} editions=H
FIELD{input/checkbox} editions=H

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It was to my delight, that I realised that the checkboxes do have multiple values, much like radio buttons, but I can't access these different values via HTTP::Request::Form

So I want to fall back onto HTTP::Request::Common, which will enable me to submit any value to any field name, but my question is

What value should I send, if I wanted to indicate all the checkboxes were checked?
Should I just send 'DAH', and expect the cgi script to pasrse for all three values, or do I need a seperator?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Sam

Updated Steve_p - Edited code so it wasn't all on one line

In reply to Checkboxes with the same name by seaver

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