I'd like to be able to update multiple database rows on one web page.

If I give the fields the same name, then Apache::Request kindly returns the data to me as an array, so I can do something like this: 

my @field1 = $r->param('field1');
my @field2 = $r->param('field2);
my @field3 = $r->param('field3');

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Although this isn't pretty, I can then iterate over the first array, and grab the value out of the other arrays with the same index number.

The problem is, when I have a field that's a checkbox. If the box isn't checked, then I get no value in the array, and the index numbers don't line up.

I suspect there's a better way of doing this, but if not, is there a way around the problem with checkboxes?

Thanks.

In reply to Multiple rows in web forms by Mutant

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