# How to get the checkbox value **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 21, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-checkbox-value/138238 "2008-05-21T09:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gaurav_dua123)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-checkbox-value/138238/1 "2008-05-21T09:02:58Z")
Hi i am trying to made a grossery application… here in this application i am using checkbox for the items. suppose there are 5 items in the page for example… in the first checkbox let’s say tea, 2 checkbox Coffee… 3 Checbox Rice $ checkbox Wheat suppose a user select any of the one item which he want to purchase… i have all these item in the item table… so by default the ruby will generate the item id… now what i want is that… if a user select suppose tea to order by checking the tea checkbox… now i want the item id of tea for the furhter use in my order table so that the user will complete his order… ---
**Author:** ![gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gaurav_dua123)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-checkbox-value/138238/2 "2008-05-21T10:00:25Z")
If your checkbox is named “coffee”, and the user submits the form containing it, the result will be in params[:coffee]. You’ll get params for all checkboxes in your form and the checked ones will have a “1” and the unchecked a “0”. ---
**Author:** ![gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gaurav_dua123)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-checkbox-value/138238/3 "2008-05-23T11:21:41Z")
Thorsten M. wrote: > If your checkbox is named “coffee”, and the user submits the form > containing it, the result will be in params[:coffee]. You’ll get params > for all checkboxes in your form and the checked ones will have a “1” and > the unchecked a “0”. how i will do that if a checkbox is selected it is “1” and the unchecked is “0”… can you please give the code with an example… ---
**Author:** ![gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gaurav_dua123)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-checkbox-value/138238/4 "2008-05-21T10:30:00Z")
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**Author:** ![gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gaurav\_dua123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gaurav_dua123)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-checkbox-value/138238/5 "2008-05-23T11:24:44Z")
after selected the multiple checkbox we have to store the value in the order table as well as in the line\_order table… i am able to solve for the single checkbox… the value is added into the database but how i will check if a user order for multiple product…