How to trace selected CheckedBoxes in different forms using a Single Servlet

hi
i had a servlet called createReceipt which will take the selected inputs from three different HTML forms and generate the receipt .
i need to know about ne such pattern which will help me in taking the inputs from the forms

If I understand you correctly, you want to get the values of the check boxes that are checked. You can just use getParameter. if a checkbox is not checked, it will not be returned at all. i.e.null will be returned.

let me more specific
while trying to make a Shopping cart application i came across this problem
that there are three different (html)forms for three different departments,
a user can move back and forth at will , selecting the items (NOT
DESELECTING) that were there in the form of checkboxes.
and hits checkout button whenever he wants to logout(checkout button can be
hit from any form ) , then we have to display a page containg information
about the purchased goods.
my quesion is how can we trace the selected options of different chechboxes
in three different forms ???

Hi
U can have one name(test1) for all the checkboxes in one HTML Form.then u can get the values thru request.getParameterValues("test1") which will give the values of all the Selected checkboxes.
Ex:-
1.html
<input type="checkbox" name="test1" value="100" />
<input type="checkbox" name="test1" value="200" />
Hope this helps.
Saravanan Viswanathan.

HI Faraz,
U cannot directly navigate form one html to other, u have to go thru a servlet. I mean , when u select items in one html, if u go directky to another servlet, the data is lost as http is stateless protocol. What u have to do is, from 1st html, go to a servlet, store the data in a session and let the servlet redirect you to the next html. I hope u got the point.
why dont u consider using JSP ?
Regards,
Mustang.

finally i got the job done
but no JSPs because we had to make that without using JSP
Thanks for the help