Help with online form

[Paul1]

Hi all,

The Colfdusion applications I write are pretty basic stuff so I?m still very
much a beginner:

Sometime ago I created an online voting form.

The candidates varied as the form is used regularly for different elections so
candidates are inputted into a MySql table and then coldfusion is used to
create a form using these values inputted into a drop down list. The voters
simply select their choice, which is inputted into a results table

This has worked fine but I've now been asked to create the voting form in such
a way that voters must select four candidates rather than one!

This is where I'm asking you advice:

I could have four lists but it would mean that voters could vote for the same
candidate more than once.

I thought of cfm generating a list of candidates with radio buttons next to
them for selection but that only allows one selection... Tick boxes can be any
number of selections. I could use radio buttons and run the applications four
times I guess but that seems a bit laborious.

Any advice would be welcome.

Thanks,

Paul.

[Stressed_Simon]

Use Checkboxes. Then when they submit the form use CF to check that they have
chosen the correct number. Also, you can use JavaScript as well but still
definitely use the CF check as JavaScript can be turned off!

[cscalzo]

If you want to still use the drop down list you could setup a cfif statement to
check to see if the voters selected the candidates name multipule times before
your form sends the information. if they did alert them to select 4 different
candidates.

[Paul1]

Cheers all......I find the biggest problem with being a self taught beginner isn't CF (It seems pretty straightforward). It is sussing out how to go about things...

Thanks,

Paul.