Problem in Form List Box

[Vignesh Babu M.J.]

Hi all,

I have one listbox( in form ) with multiple selection option. upon clicking submit button this form will send details to servlet program. The problem here for me is ,
whichever is selected in listbox, that only am getting in servlet side.

Is it possible to get all the values from list box even without single selection.

Sample Code:

test.html


<FORM NAME="test" ACTION="/servlet/test" METHOD="POST">
....
<select size="8" name="list" multiple>
<option>Test One </option>
<option>Test Two </option>
</select>
.......
</form>

test.java ( servlet program )

........
String[] listVal = request.getParameterValues( "list" );
...........


if no item is selected in listbox, am getting null value in servlet side,
is it possible to get all values even without single selection in list box?

can any one help me ?

[Bear Bibeault]

<select> elements will, by their definition, only send the values of selected option elements as part of a form submission. If you want all the option values sent, you can either: select them under script control when the form is submitted, or you can copy all the option values to hidden elements that will be submitted.