ajax is resetting form with each update

[matthewst]

I have XMLHttpRequest working. The problem is when a user selects a checkbox in my form the next refresh clears it.

echo "<form name='mark_sold' action='mark_sold.php' enctype='multipart/form-data' method='post'><table width='1100' border='1'><tr><td><h2>Spot 1</h2>";
foreach ($rest_ids as $id){
//$rest_ids = implode("' or '", $rest_ids);
//$rest_ids = "'" . $rest_ids . "'";
$Get_Ad = mysql_query("SELECT rest_id, rest_name, city, ad_space1 FROM restaurant_info WHERE rest_id = $id");
$got_ad = mysql_fetch_assoc($Get_Ad);
$is_sold = $got_ad['ad_space1'];
$rest_id = $got_ad['rest_id'];
$rest_name = $got_ad['rest_name'];
$city = $got_ad['city'];
if($is_sold){
$is_sold = "<font color='red'>sold</font><input name='ad1' type='hidden' value='1' /><input name='rest_id' type='hidden' value='" .$rest_id."' />";
}else{
$is_sold = "<font color='green'>available</font><input name='ad1' type='checkbox' value='1'/><input name='rest_id' type='hidden' value='" .$rest_id."' />";
}
echo $rest_name." in ". $city." is ".$is_sold."<br />";
}
echo "</td><td><h2>Spot2</h2>";

How do I maintain the new checks or radio button selections while updating with ajax?

[matthewst]

Certainly someone knows how to do this. I just need to keep new form entries while ajax checks the database for updates.

What if I had an onclick on my checkboxes that would alert a checkbox monitering page. Then after each ajax refresh the monitering page would kick in and maintain all my checks.

Anyone know how to do that? It's above my head.

[matthewst]

I've found this (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=892217&postcount=6) on webdeveloper but can't get it to work either.

[matthewst]

I added this to my ajax page:
function setVariable(ad1) {
var _form = document.getElementById("ad1");
_form.ad1 = 1;
}

and this to my php page:
$is_sold = "<font color='green'>available</font><input name='ad1' id='ad1' type='checkbox' value='1' onClick=\"setVariable('<?$ad1 = '1'?>');\"/><input name='rest_id' type='hidden' value='" .$rest_id."' />"; ~ notice the onClick event is new.

I've added an echo to my php page:
if ($ad1 = '1'){
echo ":)";}
else
{echo ":(";} ~ poor guy never smiles

I'm going to set it up so that if $ad1 - 1 than $is_sold = "blah blah checkbox is checked"



Still no luck. I just need this form to remember which boxes are ticked between ajax refreshes. Is this truly impossible?