Hi all, thanks for all your replies, I got the problem with checkboxes fixed
:)
Cheers,
Graeme :)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jeffrey_N_Dyke@Keane.com>
To: "Graeme McLaren" <mickel@ntlworld.com>
Cc: <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Dealing with Unchecked Checkboxes
>
> how about a default value...so if you use a CHECKBOX_FIELD1 ENUM('Y', 'N')
> DEFAULT N type of definition, then if box is not checked, then it will
> deault to N otherwise a Y will override the default.
>
> just a thought....dont' know if it will work for you or not...
> Jeff
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> Brent Baisley
> <brent@landove To: "Graeme McLaren"
<mickel@ntlworld.com>
> r.com> cc: <php-db@lists.php.net>
> Subject: Re: Dealing
with Unchecked Checkboxes
> 10/28/2002
> 10:49 AM
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> If you want to have an answer for each item, you should use yes/no radio
> buttons. With checkboxes you only get "yes" answer, as you are aware.
> The assumption is that you could care less about "no" answers since you
> are only interested in the "yes" set.
>
> Checkboxes "reveal" yes answers, radio buttons can "reveal" yes or no
> (or perhaps no answer if there is no default).
>
> If you want to stick with checkboxes, then I would have a hidden field
> for each checkbox you have. The hidden field could then be set with a
> "yes" or "no" value via javascript and an onChange event capture.
>
>
> On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 05:02 PM, Graeme McLaren wrote:
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> > Hey all, I'm trying to get my head around checkboxes. I can insert
> > "checked" checkboxes into a DB no problem but I get an error when the
> > checkboxes are unchecked.
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