Passing 'SELECT MULTIPLE' parameters and CGI.pm

jeffpflueger has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have searched all my books and perl monks on this topic, and would love some help. I have an HTML form using

 
<select MULTIPLE name="name">
<option value=1>blah blah
<option value=2>blah blah
</select>
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This is a nice format because it creates a small, scrolling list where several items can be selected. The thing is several identical names get passed equaling different values.

So I get several name="something"'s passed. CGI.pm will get just the first name/value pair when several names are identical with the param (name) method. Can anyone think of a way of getting ALL of the values passed with the same name? I can think of some complicated ways, but I suppose I'm in search of finesse.

Thanks for your help.

"No matter where you go, there you are."

Jeff Pflueger - Struggling Perl knowledge sponge

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Re: Passing 'SELECT MULTIPLE' parameters and CGI.pm by chromatic (Archbishop) on Mar 14, 2001 at 01:11 UTC
Read the parameters in list context: `my @multi = $q->param('name'); # or foreach my $name ($q->param('name')) { # do something }` [download] Congratulations on using CGI to handle this -- many people don't, and get this answer utterly, utterly wrong!	[reply] [d/l]
(ar0n) Re: Passing 'SELECT MULTIPLE' parameters and CGI.pm by ar0n (Priest) on Mar 14, 2001 at 01:13 UTC
From 'perldoc CGI': `Pass the param() method a single argument to fetch the value of the named parameter. If the parameter is multivalued (e.g. from multiple selections in a scrolling list), you can ask to receive an array. Otherwise the method will return a single value.` [download] update: D'oh! Oh well. Btw, CGI::param detects if you want an array or a scalar by checking the wantarray function. Check it out, it's nifty. [ar0n]	[reply] [d/l]
(sacked) Re: Passing 'SELECT MULTIPLE' parameters and CGI.pm by sacked (Hermit) on Mar 14, 2001 at 01:13 UTC
From the CGI.pm docs: Pass the param() method a single argument to fetch the value of the named parameter. If the parameter is multivalued (e.g. from multiple selections in a scrolling list), you can ask to receive an array. Otherwise the method will return a single value. So you can use: `my @names = $query->param('name');` [download] and then process `@names` as you wish. UPDATE: doh, chromatic and ar0n beat me to it! I filed an Editor Request for deletion. --sacked	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Passing 'SELECT MULTIPLE' parameters and CGI.pm by jeffpflueger (Beadle) on Mar 14, 2001 at 01:51 UTC
Thank you....	[reply]