[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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