[FX.php List] multiple entries for updating.

[Kevin Futter]

On 6/9/06 12:04 PM, "FHASELTINE at aol.com" <FHASELTINE at aol.com> wrote:

> I have a FM field called Projects. The field "Projects" in my Filemaker data
> base permits entries from a value list in it and multiple entries are allowed.
> 
> On my web page all the values in the "Project" field are visible.   However,
> how do I design an edit function for that field.
> 
> I made a drop down list, but I could only change one entry and it wiped out
> all the others.
> 
> I would like people to be able to select several Projects and have them all
> entered into the data base.
> 
> Does anyone have any coding that would do this.
> 
> Florence  Haseltine
> AIM: Fhaseltine
> fhaseltine at aol.com
> 240-476-7837
> 

I'm not convinced I know what you're getting at here, but it sounds to me
like you're populating a select element with values from your value list. By
default, select elements are designed to allow you to select only one
option. To enable multiple selections, use the 'multiple' attribute:

HTML - <select name="element_name" multiple>

XHTML - <select name="element_name" multiple="multiple">

Having never actually needed to do this with PHP/FM, I'll leave it to
someone who has to explain that side of it.

-- 
Kevin Futter
Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/



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