[thelist] JavaScript Form Validation

Jason Handby jasonh at corestar.co.uk
Wed Jul 16 11:15:27 CDT 2003


> This little script works great, except when it hits the
> form.submit(); line,
> and then it returns an error: "Object doesn't support this property or
> method."  And if I replace
>
> else {
> form.submit();
> }
>
> with a simple "return true;" then the form never submits.  I should also
> add, here's the form tag:
>
> response.write " <form name='form' action='fubar.asp' method='post'
> onSubmit='simpleCheck(this); return false;'>"

Hi Casey,


Try replacing form.submit() with a simple "return true;", and then amending
your form tag to read

  <form name='form' action='fubar.asp' method='post'
	onsubmit='return simpleCheck(this)'>

(i.e. putting "return" in front of the function call, and removing "return
false")



Jason



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