"Quale, Michael" wrote: > Parent: > > <input type=checkbox id="118" name="118" value="118"> > > Child: > > <input type=checkbox id="119" name="119" value="119" LANGUAGE=javascript > onclick="selectParent(this,118)"> From the HTML 4.01 spec: /* http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#type-name */ * ID and NAME tokens must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]) and may be followed by any number of letters, digits ([0-9]), hyphens ("-"), underscores ("_"), colons (":"), and periods ("."). FWIW! -- H* Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- hassan at webtuitive.com Webtuitive Design ===(+1) 408-938-0567 === http://www.webtuitive.com -- creating dynamic Web sites and applications since 1994 --