Multiple form elements with same name

[Sverre Moe]

My page consists of several different forms. 4 of these forms has an element in common (customerNumber). All forms are rendered in HTML, but not all are shown(all but one is hidden).

So when I submit the form that is shown does not retain the value within its customerNumber. When I tried to rename its name it worked, but I would like to reuse the name, instead of having multiple names for the same purpose value element.

[Bear Bibeault]

By "name" do you mean name or id?

There is no problem having multiple elements with the same name, even within the same form. id is a different matter.

[Sverre Moe]

Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
By "name" do you mean name or id?

There is no problem having multiple elements with the same name, even within the same form. id is a different matter.

When I used the same name on similar form elements, then on submit those values did not make it to the Servlet. Only when I renamed them with unique name it worked.

[Valentin Crettaz]

How do you try to get the values in your servlet ?