Checkbox Problem

[George]

Hi all,

I have the following code to use checkboxes on my page:
if instr(Request.form("chkWorkType"),"03") then
response.write("<td width=""23%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""03""
checked=""check"">Exterior</td>")
else
response.write("<td width=""23%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""03"">Exterior</td>")
end if

if instr(Request.form("chkWorkType"),"7A") then
response.write("<td width=""25%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A""
checked=""check"">Ceilings</td>")
else
response.write("<td width=""25%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A"">Ceilings</td>")
end if

There are 14 checkboxes on the form, I only showed the code for two, but
the remainder of them are coded the same way.

I am trying have one or more of the boxes checked when the page is
displayed. I tried to put a value or two in the chkWorkType field:

chkWorkType= oRS.fields("shty1") & oRS.fields("shty2") &
oRS.fields("shty3")

But when I reach the code to display the checkboxes, the chkWorkField
returns an empty string.

How can I pre-check some of the boxes?

Thanks,

George

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type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A""
checked=""check"">Ceilings</td>")
else

But when I reach the code to display the checkboxes, the chkWorkField
returns an empty string.

check should equal "true", not "check". Or just say checked.
i.e.

type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A""
checked=""true"">Ceilings</td>")

or
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A"" checked>Ceilings</td>")
HTH

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[Michael Winter]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:30:16 -0500, kaeli <ti******@NOSPAM.comcast.net>
wrote:

[snip]

check[ed] should equal "true", not "check". Or just say checked.
i.e.

Actually, boolean attributes like checked and selected should have
themselves as a value, or no value at all. That is:

... checked="checked"> or ... checked>

though the latter is preferred[1] as some browsers might not expect a
value.

See late in section 3.3.4 - Attribute declarations, Boolean attributes
(<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.3.4.2>). The
warning at the end is repeated in Appendix B, sub-section 3.4 - Boolean
attributes (<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#h-B.3.4>).

[snip]

Mike
[1] Except, I believe, in XHTML where a value is required.

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"George" <an*******@devdex.com> wrote in message
news:41**********************@news.newsgroups.ws.. .

Hi all,

I have the following code to use checkboxes on my page:
if instr(Request.form("chkWorkType"),"03") then
response.write("<td width=""23%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""03""
checked=""check"">Exterior</td>")
else
response.write("<td width=""23%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""03"">Exterior</td>")
end if

if instr(Request.form("chkWorkType"),"7A") then
response.write("<td width=""25%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A""
checked=""check"">Ceilings</td>")
else
response.write("<td width=""25%"" class=""detaillp""><input
type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A"">Ceilings</td>")
end if

There are 14 checkboxes on the form, I only showed the code for two, but
the remainder of them are coded the same way.

I am trying have one or more of the boxes checked when the page is
displayed. I tried to put a value or two in the chkWorkType field:

chkWorkType= oRS.fields("shty1") & oRS.fields("shty2") &
oRS.fields("shty3")

But when I reach the code to display the checkboxes, the chkWorkField
returns an empty string.

How can I pre-check some of the boxes?

Thanks,

George

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[Grant Wagner]

kaeli wrote:

check should equal "true", not "check". Or just say checked.
i.e.

type=""checkbox"" name=""chkWorkType"" value=""7A""
checked=""true"">Ceilings</td>")
OT but doesn't this DTD entry: <url:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/dtd.html />

<!ATTLIST INPUT
%attrs; -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events --
type %InputType; TEXT -- what kind of widget is needed --
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- submit as part of form --
value CDATA #IMPLIED -- Specify for radio buttons and
checkboxes --
checked (checked) #IMPLIED -- for radio buttons and check boxes --
disabled (disabled) #IMPLIED -- unavailable in this context --
readonly (readonly) #IMPLIED -- for text and passwd --
size CDATA #IMPLIED -- specific to each type of field --
maxlength NUMBER #IMPLIED -- max chars for text fields --
src %URI; #IMPLIED -- for fields with images --
alt CDATA #IMPLIED -- short description --
usemap %URI; #IMPLIED -- use client-side image map --
ismap (ismap) #IMPLIED -- use server-side image map --
tabindex NUMBER #IMPLIED -- position in tabbing order --
accesskey %Character; #IMPLIED -- accessibility key character --
onfocus %Script; #IMPLIED -- the element got the focus --
onblur %Script; #IMPLIED -- the element lost the focus --
onselect %Script; #IMPLIED -- some text was selected --
onchange %Script; #IMPLIED -- the element value was changed --
accept %ContentTypes; #IMPLIED -- list of MIME types for file upload --

%reserved; -- reserved for possible future use --

Indicate that the only valid value for checked is "checked"? Just as the only
valid value for disabled is "disabled" and readonly is "readonly" etc?

ie-

<input type="checkbox"
...
readonly="readonly"
disabled="disabled"
checked="checked">

or

<td nowrap="nowrap" class="nr">
<!-- deprecated, but necessary since NS4 doesn't support
td.nr { white-space: nowrap; } -->

Or am I reading the specification wrong?

Anyway, that's the way I was taught and the way I do it. For attributes that
have no "value", I supply a quoted value equal to the attribute name (I'm
trying to think of any cases where I do not do this, there may be some but not
many).

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[kaeli]

In article <41***************@agricoreunited.com>, gw*****@agricoreunited.com
enlightened us with...

Anyway, that's the way I was taught and the way I do it. For attributes that
have no "value", I supply a quoted value equal to the attribute name (I'm
trying to think of any cases where I do not do this, there may be some but not
many).

Sorry, yeah, I stand corrected.
I always just use "checked" standalone, myself.
IIRC, if you get the value of a checkbox from a form, isn't it "true" if it's
checked? I think that's what I was thinking of.

OP needs to fix 'checked="check"' to 'checked="checked"'.

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[Michael Winter]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:16:20 -0500, kaeli <ti******@NOSPAM.comcast.net>
wrote:

[snip]

IIRC, if you get the value of a checkbox from a form, isn't it "true" if
it's checked? [...]
It's value is exactly the same as every other form control: the content of
the value attribute. The checked state of a checkbox only determines
whether the control is successful, and therefore whether its value is
submitted along with the rest of the form data.

If checkbox is unchecked, it still has the value specified in the value
attribute, but it won't be sent to the server.
OP needs to fix 'checked="check"' to 'checked="checked"'.

Or just 'checked'.

Mike

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[kaeli]

In article <opsglfdebkx13kvk@atlantis>, M.******@blueyonder.co.invalid
enlightened us with...

IIRC, if you get the value of a checkbox from a form, isn't it "true" if
it's checked? [...]

It's value is exactly the same as every other form control: the content of
the value attribute. The checked state of a checkbox only determines
whether the control is successful, and therefore whether its value is
submitted along with the rest of the form data.

If checkbox is unchecked, it still has the value specified in the value
attribute, but it won't be sent to the server.

Ah, okay, thanks.

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