No, the fact that unchecked boxes aren't sent is a browser issue. It's the
same reason why submit buttons that are not clicked are undefined as well
on a multi-submit form.
What you can do, however, is use other form fields in combination with
logic. For example, let's say the name of your check box is
"view_all_records" and you want it to explicitly be set on or off.
Well, then you can always create a hidden variable called the same thing
and set it to off by default...
So
<input type="hidden" name="view_all_records" value="default_off">
And then in CGI.pm, expect $q->param('view_all_records') to return an array
if the check box is on, and return an array with a single value if the
check box is off (the single value will be the hidden field).
The technique would be slightly different if you had many check boxes with
the same name but different value. eg In a WebDB, you might allow selection
of the id of a record by allowing the user to click next to database rows.
The extrapolation of the above technique to the second I describe with
multi-checks is left as an exercise to the reader (since it wasn't the
situation you described anyway).
At 06:08 PM 9/8/2001 -0700, Simon K. Chan wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>Let's say I have this snippet of code for a checkbox:
>
><input type=checkbox name="bill">
>
>$name = param('bill');
>
>If the box is checked, $name will have a value of "on"
>If the box is NOT checked, $name will be undefined (have no value).
>
>My Question:
>Is there a way to make $name have a value of "off" when the box is UNCHECKED?
>
>Many thanks for your time, Everyone.
>
>
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