That worked. I just wonder why you don't need the [] when declaring this? Sort of goes against the "C" grain, if you get my point.
I also followed your discussion on checkboxes. That's how I got to this point. I have a form with a lot of them, and for some quirky reason, when I would submit the form, and then go back to it (via the browser button or using a little jscript history) the check boxes were all blank again. Don't know what's up with this:
"Warning: Page has Expired. The page you requested was created using information you submitted in a form. This page is no longer available. As a security precaution, Internet Explorer does not automatically resubmit your information for you.
To resubmit your information and view this Web page, click the Refresh button."
So I decided to just carry them around as session variables and not bother with this yet another IE mystery.