Select rows to delete with a checkbox

I've been trying to search for a decent and clear source of help
for something as simple as deleting rows with checkboxes. Please, can
someone give me a helping hand here?

I have this kind of "code" already, actually the delete
page. I'll try to simplify it as much as I can.

pages_row[page_id"] is a 10 digit randomly generated
id received from database talbe "pages"

<?php
if (!submit) // if the delete command has been submitted
(button pressed)
{
?>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
border="0">
<form action="index.php?admin=pages&sub=delpage"
method="POST">
<?php while(pages_row =
mysql_fetch_array(pages_result)) { ?>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="del[]"
value="<?php echo pages_row["page_id"];
?>"><?php echo pages_row["page_title"];
?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php } ?> // to end the while-loop
</table>
<input type="submit" name="submit"
value="Delete selected">
<?php } // close the submit check

else // if the page has been submitted, delete all the checked
page_id's

Hah, I need a code here. I've tried quite a many examples but
they were all.. well.. any help, please?

} // end the delete loop
?>


:: Be patient with me, I'm new to PHP and MySQL :: :)

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# if delete selected chosen

{
ids_to_delete = join(',' ,
_POST['del']);
mysql_query("DELETE FROM pages WHERE
page_id IN (ids_to_delete))";
}
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Suppose 1, 3 and 5 are selected.  These are in the array
_POST['del']. The first line create a string
"1,3,5". The next line deletes ids in that list.

hth

Barand

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