I am attempting to write a Mechanize test script for a form that contains pairs of duplicate field names. E.g., 
<select id="birth_month" name="birthdate">
<option value=""> -- </option>
<option value="01"> Jan </option>
...
</select>
<select id="birth_day" name="birthdate">
<option value="01"> 01 </option>
...
</select>

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There doesn't seem to be a straightforward approach to setting both fields at the same time. 
$mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize->new();
...
$mech->submit_form( with_fields => { ..., 'birthdate' => ['01',0] });

# or

$mech->set_fields({ ..., 'birthdate' => ['01',0] });

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Both of these set only a single value. 
$mech->field('birthdate', ['01'], 0);
$mech->field('birthdate', ['17'], 1);

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and the first setting is lost (overwritten by the second). I also tried HTTP::Recorder as a proxy to see what would be submitted, but it just uses the last approach (multiple calls to 'field' without apparent success). Yes, I could alter the form to avoid this, but there's a fair amount of work downstream if I do. I just want to send two values through the form under one CGI parameter, just as the real form does in the browser.

Jeff Boes <>< jeff.boes@gmail.com

In reply to Duplicate field names and Test::WWW::Mechanize by Mur

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