Forgive my ignorance, but why would it be a problem not to have these?

On 5/26/05, Philipp Hanes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The following ideas are options I would _not_ like
> > to follow if possible:
> > - set a default checkbox or redio button (so something is
> > always filled in).
> > - use a hidden field to list of all the fields in the form.
> > - have the perl script read the HTML code from the page and
> > make its own list.
> > - javascript
> >
> > I kinda understand why the browser doesn't send this
> > information (no value
> > to hold onto), but there HAS to be a solution for this.
> > Seems frightfully
> > stupid not to have an easy option out there for something like this.
> 
> No solution other than the ones you mentioned, that I'm aware of.
> What we've done is generally a hidden field that gets fiddled with via
> JavaScript when the checkbox is changed.  Then the back-end code just looks
> at the hidden field, and can be totally oblivious to what's really going on
> in the HTML.
> Yup, seems stupid to me, each time I run into it again, too.
> I'd be curious if someone has come up with something better.
> Doubtful, though.
> good luck                               philipp
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