>>>>> ""Omega" == "Omega -1911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"Omega> On 10/18/06, Robert Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have this as an option field:
>>
>> <option value="5">Business Objects Support</option>
>>
>> Is the "value" what gets passed back? In this case "5"?
>>
"Omega> The associated *name* and *value* are passed on to the Perl script if
"Omega> you are pointing your form to a Perl script. For example, you have a
"Omega> drop down list of 10 options like your above example, and the name of
"Omega> the NAME of the form was BUSINESS TYPE then your Perl script would
"Omega> read the form data as such:
"Omega> $FORM{BUSINESS TYPE} = 5;
Only if you're using ancient perl4-style CGI modules. The modern CGI.pm
decodes this using the "param" function:
my $value = param('BUSINESS TYPE'); # returns "5"
Please don't answer other CGI questions until you've come up to at
least the mid-90's. Thank you.
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