The only addition I have is to adapt the code to create a single INSERT
query in the format I gave earlier. It will run quicker overall.

---John W. Holmes...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:11 PM
> To: Peter Lovatt
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] INSERT Question
> 
> Big help! Thanks much.
> 
> Now... to figure out how to create that kind of form in HTML_QuickForm
> (hehehe). If I can't then I just make it by hand, but now I know the
> method! Phew... always more to learn.
> 
> - Charles
> 
> 
> On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 08:51 PM, Peter Lovatt wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > you need to create 5 selects, all named investigator[] with index
1-5
> > (or
> > 0-4), with the option set to empty for no selection.
> >
> > this will return an array
> > investigator[1] => '1064618047'
> > investigator_yesno[1] => 'Y'
> >
> > investigator[2] => '1649815377'
> > investigator_yesno[2] => 'N'
> >
> > for example
> >
> >
> > <form>
> > <table>
> > <tr>
> >     <td>
> >     <select name="investigator[1]">
> >     <option value="">Choose person</option>
> >     <option value="1064618047">Paul A</option>
> >     <option value="1655387822">Katrina A</option>
> >     <option value="1649815377">David A</option>
> >     </select>
> >     is a primary investigator?
> >     <input name="investigator_yesno[1]" value="Y" type="radio"
> >     checked="checked" />Yes
> >     <input name="investigator_yesno[1]" value="N" type="radio" />No
> >     </td>
> > </tr>
> > <tr>
> >     <td>
> >     <select name="investigator[2]">
> >     <option value="">Choose person</option>
> >     <option value="1064618047">Paul A</option>
> >     <option value="1655387822">Katrina A</option>
> >     <option value="1649815377">David A</option>
> >     </select>
> >     is a primary investigator?
> >     <input name="investigator_yesno[2]" value="Y" type="radio"
> >     checked="checked" />Yes
> >     <input name="investigator_yesno[2]" value="N" type="radio" />No
> >     </td>
> > </tr>
> > ...more here ....
> > </table>
> > </form>
> >
> >
> >
> > on the script receiving the data you  then need a for loop to insert
> > the
> > records, one for each person
> >
> >
> > for ($i = 1; $i <= 4; $i++)
> > {
> > //only do it if there is a value for $investigator[$i], ie there is
a
> > selection
> > if($investigator[$i]) {
> >     $query = 'INSERT INTO tbl_report_people
> >                 (record_id
> >                 , person_id
> >                 , investigator_yesno
> >                 )
> >                 VALUES
> >                 ("'.$record_id[$i].'"
> >                 , "'.$investigator[$i].'"
> >                 , "'.$investigator_yesno[$i].'"
> >                 )
> >                                 ';
> >     $mysql_result = mysql_query($query, $mysql_link);
> >
> >     }//end if
> >
> > }//end for
> >
> >
> >
> > hope this helps
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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