CGI multiple select?

Mon Apr 8 17:59:01 EDT 2002

* John <nobody at nobody.com> [2002-04-08 15:35 -0500]:

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> Hi,
> 
> In my html form, I have 'multiple select'
> 
> <select name=spred multiple>
> <option..>
> <option..>
> 
> This form invokes CGI routine, where I try to read selected entries from
> form["spred"]
> 
> My dilemma is here:
> 
> When only one entry is selected:
> form["spred"].value (will be the object selected)
> 
> When multiple entries were selected:
> for o in form["spred"]:
>   o.value (--> each of these will be the object selected)

Dunno. This works fine for me and it gets lists only - a one-element
list for one choice and an empty list if nothing is selected:

#!/usr/local/bin/python
import cgi
try:
    import cgitb
    cgitb.enable()
except ImportError:
    pass

# URL of this cgi script
MYURL = "/cgi-bin/test.py"

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"

form = cgi.FormContentDict()
optionen = form.get("cities", [])

print """
<html>
<body>
<p>
<b>You selected these entries last time:</b>
%(optionen)s
</p>
<form action="%(myurl)s">
<select name="cities" multiple>
<option>Paris</option>
<option>Moscow</option>
</select>
<input type="submit>
</form>
</body>
</html>""" % {"myurl": MYURL, "optionen": optionen}

Gerhard
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