[thelist] javascript and IDs

Anthony Ettinger apwebdesign at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 5 09:59:47 CDT 2005


> Anthony,
> 
> > The only problem with that is if javascript is not
> > supported/disabled, the form post won't work. 
> 
> Of course it'll still post.  The data will just be
> in the neutral field
> rather than the expected field.  
> 
> If you are contemplating supporting browsers that
> don't have JavaScript
> enabled, then the presumption would be that you need
> to install logic on the
> server to handle the cases.  That being said, why
> both with all the hoopla
> of renaming form fields on the client side depending
> on which radio button
> is selected?  It would be a universal and ultimately
> less labor intensive
> solution to just do the work on the server in both
> JS and non-JS cases.

You're absolutely right. This has turned out to be
just an informal exercise it appears.


Anthony Ettinger
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