Can someone tell me or show me an example of how to loop through the multiple selected items in a mx:List to create a comma delimited list so I can insert them into a database?

Thanks!

Use the selectedItems property, it is an array of the items selected in the List. Just loop through this array and add the elements to the list you want to insert in the db.

you can use
list.selectedItems.join(",");

if you want to insert the selected items into database, i don't think making a
comma delimited string is appropriate, you might have thought to parse this
string in the server side again, but you can pass the list itself to a server
script.

The selectedItems seems to work, but I am getting object, object. The list is
set to:

<mx:List id="frmProjectTeam" allowMultipleSelection="true" height="110"
width="100%" labelField="name"> </mx:List>

The dataProvider is being set in a function that populates it with a 'name'
and a uniqname (username).

How can I create the list based on the uniqnames selected?

I tried:
projectInfo.assigned = frmProjectTeam.selectedItems.uniqname.join(",");

selectedItems is an array of *objects*. [Object object] happens when you
attempt to display an object in a component that is expecting a string.

You need to specify the name of the property in the object that contains the
string value you want to use.

Tracy

Further, join will not work unless your objects were simple strings, which they are not.

So use the loop, and concatenate the name properties:
sNameCSV += item[ i ].name;

Tracy

Thanks for the help. Sorry I am such a novice:

I tried these, but failed. How off the mark am I?

public function getTeamList(team:Array):String {
var teamMembers:String;
for (var i:Number = 0; i < team.length; i++) {
teamMembers += team[i].uniqname;
}

return teamMembers;
}


private function createProject():void
{
var projectInfo:Object = new Object();
projectInfo.assigned =
getTeamList(frmProjectTeam.selectedItem.data);
projectDAO.create({projectDatarojectInfo});
}

Close, the first should work. Try this, modified a bit for clarity:
Tracy


public function getTeamList():String {
var aSelectedTeams:Array = frmProjectTeam.selectedItems;
var teamMembers:String = ""; //need to init this or the first += will error
for (var i:Number = 0; i < aSelectedTeams.length; i++) {
teamMembers += aSelectedTeams[i].uniqname;
}
return teamMembers;
}

Now, that will not add the commas, of course:
teamMembers += aSelectedTeams[i].uniqname + ",";

Add logic if you need to leave the comma off the last value.

Tracy

I get 'undefined, undefinded, undefined' as my insert value. Do I have to add a
value to the var aSelectedTeams:Array = frmProjectTeam.selectedItems;
such as var aSelectedTeams:Array = frmProjectTeam.selectedItems.uniqname; or
something.