Hi,

I'm currently creating a HTML form where I want to be able to accept an "unknown" number of inputs.

Basically I want to ask the user to enter multiple values for a particular data type, and the number of values could be between 1 and some arbitary number (e.g. 10).

In the database accepting this data, I will split submissions for this data into a separate table that is related to the main record - but what's the "best" way to accept this data via the form?

I don't really want to put a pre-determined number of input fields for it, and I want to find some way that will avoid splitting it into two steps (e.g. how many will you enter, next page, now you have x fields - as phpmyadmin does for example).

Ok - now reply with your suggestions/comments

two ways;

1/ ask how many fields, submit that, then build the form server side and redisplay

2/ use javascript to add new child elements to the form