[mod_python] req.form question

Yep, sure enough, I had multiple input fields named the same thing.  

I'm looping over a bunch of records and creating a form for each one on
a single page and forgot to put a </form> at the end on each iteration!!

Thank you.

-Chuck


On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 20:27, Michael S. Fischer wrote:
> It didn't; whether the value is an object or a list depends on the form 
> submission contents.
> 
>  From http://www.python.org/doc/2.2.3/lib/node297.html:
> 
> If the submitted form data contains more than one field with the same 
> name, the object retrieved by "form[key]" is not a FieldStorage or 
> MiniFieldStorage instance but a list of such instances. Similarly, in 
> this situation, "form.getvalue(key)" would return a list of strings. If 
> you expect this possibility (when your HTML form contains multiple 
> fields with the same name), use the isinstance() built-in function to 
> determine whether you have a single instance or a list of instances. For 
> example, this code concatenates any number of username fields, separated 
> by commas:
> 
> 
> value = form.getvalue("username", "")
> if isinstance(value, list):
>      # Multiple username fields specified
>      usernames = ",".join(value)
> else:
>      # Single or no username field specified
>      usernames = value
> 
> --Michael
> 
> 
> Chuck Lima wrote:
> 
> > A point of curiosity.  Please don't hurt me.
> > 
> > Some time ago, I was able to refer to a form field value in this manner:
> > 
> > req.form["fieldname"]
> > 
> > Now, I have to refer to the value in this fashion:
> > 
> > req.form["fieldname"][0]
> > 
> > Granted, it's been a while since I've done any new scripting with
> > mod_python.  I've searched the mailing list and looked at the docs for
> > both v2 and v3 but can't find any reference to a change in the form
> > attribute of the request object.
> > 
> > When did the keys for req.form change to a list?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -Chuck
> > 
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