Hi Thanks to everybody for the suggestions. As regards what I intend to do with the data (depending on the checkboxes selected), I intend to build a sql query & fetch results from my database. To elaborate, lets say I had 3 checkboxes (FB, WB, DBJ) & if a user selects FB & DBJ, the SQL query will be built as 'select * from table_name where column_name regexp '^(FB:|DBJ:)' ' Anand Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:43:28 +0100 From: "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> What do you intend to do with the data? --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.