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<br /> That's probably because "mydata" is the element's name attribute. The tag name is "INPUT".<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Peter<br /><br /></font>
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<b>From</b>: Terry Riegel <a href="mailto:riegel@clearimageonline.com">riegel@clearimageonline.com</a><br /></font>
<br />> Terry Riegel wrote:<br />>> If I have a form element like<br />>> <input name="mydata" /><br />>> Is there a way to select it in a similar manner to getElemntById()?<br />><br />> var nameArray = document.getElementsByTagName('mydata');<br /><br />I can' seem to get getElementsByTagName working. I am not sure what I <br />am doing wrong. You can see my failing example at.<br /><br />http://clearimageonline.com/projects/prototype.js/inputfinder.html<br /><br />as an aside: I am also slowly learning to code unobtrusive <br />javascript. Thanks to Paul and others for helping me see the light.<br /><br />Terry<br />