Parsing returned values from multiple checkboxes in JScript

[moretea]

When multiple checkboxes are checked, they are returned in the form of a comma delimited string, right? So you'd think it would be easy to do Request.Form('checkboxes').Item.split(",") and then iterate through the array to see which boxes were checked, right? Except I get an ASP error that the form object does not support that method. So, how do I parse that returned string to get the checked values?

Here's the HTML:

<p>
        <label for="meat">Meat</label> <span class="err" id="errMeat">Please select one.</span><br />
        <input type="checkbox" id="meat_turkey" name="meat" value="turkey" />&nbsp;Turkey<br />
        <input type="checkbox" id="meat_ham" name="meat" value="ham" />&nbsp;Ham<br />
        <input type="checkbox" id="meat_roastbeef" name="meat" value="beef" />&nbsp;Roast beef<br />
        <input type="checkbox" id="meat_double" name="meat" value="doublemeat" />&nbsp;Double meat
        </p>

And here, I'm doing server-side validation. I'm collecting the checked values to add to a comma delimited string of column names to be used in a SQL INSERT.

function valid8(myArray,frmVal) { //myArray = allowed values, frmVal = returned values
    var ln = myArray.length;
    var arrFrmVal = Array(frmVal.split(",")); // Error thrown here; "Object doesn't support this property or method"
    for (i = 0;i < ln;i++) {
        for (j = 0; j < arrFrmVal.length; j++) {
            if (arrFrmVal[j] == (myArray[i])) {
                strColNames = strColNames + myArray[i] + ",";
                strColVals = strColVals + "'Y',";
                matched = true;
            }
        }
    }
    if (matched == false) {
        finalMsg = finalMsg + "<br />Error: found an incomplete field";
    }
    Response.Write("valid8 = " + strColNames + ", " + strColVals + "<br />");
}

Thanks in advance for any help!

[gk53]

in asp page request("meat") will be equal to "" if no any chaeckboxes checked, or single value in checked only one checkbox, so if you trying to split(",") single value like "turkey" or "" you will get error and this is what happence

[siteguru]

The Split method creates an array on its own - you don't need to use the Array call. That'll be why you get the error thrown.