[thelist] Simple Javascript field checking

[Matt Warden]

John,

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:31:03 -0500 (EST), john at johnallsopp.co.uk
<john at johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm using
> 
> function checkEmail()
> {
>         if
> (document.registrationForm.regEmail!=document.registrationForm.regEmail2)
>         {
>                 alert ("Emails not the same");
>                 return false;
>         }
>         return true;
> }
> 
> wot I wrote myself to check onChange whether the second email is the
> same as the first, in Firefox in Linux RH9.
> 
> The problem is, if it alerts an error and I correct it, when I move
> on, it alerts again. If I go back to the field and change nothing,
> then it's OK.

If you are triggering the validation onChange, then it's not
necessarily "OK", its' just not getting validated again.

Can you inclue how you are calling it with the onchange? What are you
doing with the return true/false?

Thanks,


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Matt Warden
Miami University
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