[thelist] Accessing DOM-created form field values onsubmit
Molina, Alexis
alexis.molina at gateway.com
Thu Mar 11 15:51:27 CST 2004
Andrew Clover <and-evolt at doxdesk.com> wrote:
> > via: request("new_select_name") <-- in my case, "selChangedBy"
> Bzzt, should be 'sel_changed_by': it is the 'name' property of a form
> field that determines its name in the submission, not the 'id'. 'id' is
> not a special attribute, it's used the same as on any HTML element: to
> pick out an element for further scripting/styling attention. It may be a
> good idea to use the same string for 'name' and 'id' to avoid confusion
> when you do actually need to use an 'id'.
It turns out I'm a moron. ;) This is exactly one of the mistakes I finally
discovered yesterday to alleviate my problem. Thanks much for your reply.
Kind Regards,
Alexis Molina
San Diego, CA
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