Nancy: If you only want to select one color, why not use radio buttons instead? You are right in leaving all the names the same - then just do:
String colorChoosen = request.getParameter("color"); and that will give you the color that was selected. - Joel Filosa Binary Research, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Crisostomo Martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reading checkboxes's values Hi all! I'm trying to read the value(s) of a checkbox into my JSP file. I don't know if I'm right but I assign the same name to all the possible values of the item. For example: Select one color:<br> <input type="checkbox" name="color" value="blue> Blue<br> <input type="checkbox" name="color" value="red"> Red<br> <input type="checkbox" name="color" value="white"> White<br> So I don't know how to get all the values checked in the JSP file which will recieve this information. I tried something like this: String[] colorChoosen = request.getParameter("color"); Or do I have to change the name of the input tag (checkbox) for each selection to get the value as above? Please, help me.. Thanks and Regards, Nancy. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com