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Author Re: Unsticky fields with CGI? (Sorry)
Jan Eden

2005-03-11, 8:55 am

Hi,

should have read perldoc *thoroughly*, sorry:

>Note, that just like all the other form elements, the value of a
>hidden field is "sticky". If you want to replace a hidden field with
>some other values after the script has been called once you'll have
>to do it manually:
>
>$query-> param('hidden_name','new','values','here
');


Thanks,

Jan
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Randal L. Schwartz

2005-03-11, 3:55 pm

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Eden <lists@janeden.org> writes:

Jan> Hi,
Jan> should have read perldoc *thoroughly*, sorry:
[color=darkred]

Or, you can call $query-> (why are you using the object form?) delete('name')
Then the default listed in your field generator will be used.

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