aznluvsmc

Hi,

I have a form with various fields composed of text boxes, radio buttons and check boxes. When the form is submitted, only the fields which have a value are actually put into the query string. Since I don't have all the fields, I can't check to see if they are valid. How can I force the form to send all fields whether even if they are empty?

Thanks.

DaWei

Are you sure this is a Perl question? Have you researched the HTTP protocol? HTML? Checkboxes? Is your girl busy this coming weekend? Is she fed up?

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aznluvsmc

I know user agents are not required to get the fields if they have no value. The question is, can I overcome this. In my Perl script, I can easily hard code the fields in and check if they were submitted but that doesn't seem very flexible. If that's my only option then I guess I don't have much of a choice.

DaWei

It's very difficult, from the viewpoint of the server, to force a browser, on a client, from whom you are mainly disconnected, to do precisely what you like. If you figure that out, I'll give you half the proceeds.

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aznluvsmc

Ok... thanks. I guess I'm gonna have to code the fields into the script to check the values.