[Javascript] selecting between multiple submit buttons

[Paul Novitski]

At 7/22/2007 06:37 AM, jm wrote:
>i have a form that uses multiple submit buttons: one to select from a
>dropdown list of menu options, one to add a new record or update an
>existing record depending on which is appropriate at the time, and one
>to delete an existing record.  i use the following as the trigger for
>onsubmit
...
>sadly, it doesn't know how to distinguish between which submit button
>is being selected.


Joe,

You don't need JavaScript to solve this problem.  HTML solved it from 
the beginning.  When a form contains multiple submit buttons, the 
value of only the button clicked is passed in the POST or GET array.

Regards,

Paul
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