[thelist] vbscript: form values disappearing when I don't use'name'

Canfield, Joel JCanfield at PacAdvantage.org
Tue Apr 18 12:58:56 CDT 2006


> Name is a required attribute. You must have a name attribute in form
> elements, with th exception of submit and reset buttons.
> 
> You may have been confused by the fact that the name attribute on
> certain other elements, like form and img, is deprecated. Many sites
> mistakenly say "use name instead of id in xhtml." This is flat out
> wrong.

ah. yes. exactly.

thanks to all.

i *will* read the spec again. i will.



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