Re: [cgiapp] Unexpected CGI and HTML

[Sean Davis <suppressed>]

Cees,

Thanks for correcting my misconceptions.  That did, indeed, fix the issue.

Sean

On 6/24/04 6:06 PM, "Cees Hek" <suppressed> wrote:

> Sean Davis wrote:
>> 
>> HTML::Template : Attempt to set nonexistent parameter '<input
>> type="checkbox" name="
>> fetchwhat" value="blat hits" />blat hits' - this parameter name doesn't
>> match any de
>> clarations in the template file : (die_on_bad_params => 1) at
>> /Library/WebServer/CGI
>> -Executables/OligoMap.pm line 81
> 
> Somewhere in your code you are passing some values to the template
> module incorrectly.  HTML::Template thinks you are trying to set a
> template parameter called '<input type="checkbox" name...', which you
> probably mean to be a value, not a parameter name.
> 
>>   $template->param('fetchwhat' => $q->checkbox_group(
>>              -name=>'fetchwhat',
>>              -values=>['Database Cross-references',
>>                    'Blat Hits',
>>                    'Ensembl Mapping Information',],
>>              -defaults=>['Database Cross-references'],
>>              -linebreak=>0));
> 
> And here is the culprit.  From the CGI.pm docs:
> 
>   The value returned by checkbox_group() is actually
>   an array of button elements.
> 
> So you are sending the following to the template:
> 
> $template->param('fetchwhat' => checkbox1, checkbox2, checkbox3);
> 
> Which means that checkbox2 is going to be a variable name, and checkbox3
> its value.  what you need to do is join them together into one value.
> 
>   $template->param('fetchwhat' => join('', $q->checkbox_group(
>              -name=>'fetchwhat',
>              -values=>['Database Cross-references',
>                    'Blat Hits',
>                    'Ensembl Mapping Information',],
>              -defaults=>['Database Cross-references'],
>              -linebreak=>0)));
> 
> 
> Hope that helps...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cees
> 


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