Re: Webserver: How to cater for dynamic sets of radio buttons?

I can see your problem being solvable using PL/SQL tables, as (from what I gather) you have a single-dimensioned list of checkboxes (true?) Using the table, then you'll get the first n elements corresponding to the number of checked checkboxes. You'll also only have a single array of checkboxes, and therefore can use a statically-named PL/SQL table.

In my case, by contrast, I have an set of radio groups. The size of the set is unknown, but each set must be individually settable, and individually addressable.

Thanx for the feedback.

B. Lelangue wrote in message <3535AF48.18F7_at_sia.ucl.ac.be>...
>I don't have already try this but
>I'm working with PL/SQL packages that generate HTML pages;
>I'm have the same problem but with checkboxes.
>The user checks the checkbox when he wants that one of his publications
>(stocked in a table) appears in his Curriculum. I don't know how many
>checkboxes are produced by the cursor and , of course, how many
>checkboxes will be checked.
>
>I asked how to manage this in the newsgroup and the answer
>was : 'use PL/SQL table'. I have studied the PL/SQL tables in the
>manual and I think I can soluce my problem with a PL/SQL table.
>
>I just can say : "Read your manual at the PL/SQL Table chapter".
>
>HTH, and, please, mail me if it work (or don't ;)
>
>PS: sorry for my (probably) bad english...
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We have a table that contains a number of entries, each corresponding to
a
>> question. I need to create an HTML page that lists the questions, and
>> provides some radio buttons for each question to allow a response to be
>> recorded.
>>
>> This is proving problematic for a number of reasons.
>>
>> 1. If I define all the radio buttons with the same name, and end up with
>> (say) 5 lots of 2 radio buttons for five questions, then only one out of
10
>> buttons can be ON at one time. This isn't what I want, so I need to
>> distinguish between the 5 groups of buttons.
>>
>> 2. If I DO distinguish between the 5 lots of buttons (by, say, question
>> number), then how do I cater for it in my program when I don't know how
many
>> groups of buttons I will be dealing with?
>>
>> At the moment, I'm facing catering for a fixed upper limit of say 200
>> groups. This means that my program will be full of huge lists of
variables
>> and lots of IF...THEN...ELSEs - not an elegant sight.
>>
>> Could someone suggest any possible alternatives?
>>
>> Thanx
>>
>> -ak
Received on Thu Apr 16 1998 - 04:17:43 CDT