on 3/20/03 1:45 AM, olinux at olnx@yahoo.com appended the following bits to my mbox: > [ and ] are illegal characters. #javascript I'm coming into this a bit late, so I'm not sure exactly what you wish to do. You can use JavaScript to refer to checkbox items in the format: document.forms[formindex].elements[elementindex].property In my MySTRI database table administration program, I have an "x" button that allows you to select all displayed rows to mark for deletion. The button looks like: <input type="button" title="Check/Uncheck All" value=" X " onclick=" for (var q = 0; q < document.forms[1].length; q++) { document.forms[1].elements[q].checked = !document.forms[1].elements[q].checked; } "> The checkbox fields look like: <input type="checkbox" name="delete_rows[]" value="25679"> Not as easy as referring to the name element, but it works very well. Another idea is to use "id" elements for JavaScript / DOM interaction and reserve the "name" elements for php. That should work on any modern browser (sorry, no Netscape 4.x). HTH. Sincerely, Paul Burney <http://paulburney.com/> <?php while ($self != "asleep") { $sheep_count++; } ?> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php