HELP! Validation only working in IE, not NSx?

[pcorchary]

I wrote a form-based web CGI in Perl and needed some field validation. So I picked this up from the web

http://javascript.about.com/library/scripts/blformvalidate.htm

since I've never written any JS.

It sez it's supposed to work in IE and NS, but it only works in IE 5x (win/mac) and IE6 (win). It fails silently on all versions of NS4x and 6x that I've tried!

Here's a sample routine:
function validRequired(formField,fieldLabel)
{
var result = true;

if (formField.value == "&quot
{
alert('Please enter a value for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
formField.focus();
result = false;
}

return result;
}

function validateForm(theForm)
{
if (!validRequired(theForm.fullname,"Name&quot)
return false;

if (!validNum(theForm.yearsexperience,"Years Experience",true))
return false;

return true;
}


called as onsubmit="return validateForm(this)"

Anyone have any ideas?

My needs are pretty simple really. I have certain required fields, and some others that need to be numeric only ...

TIA. philc

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

For the numeric only fields, just include the following in the input tag.

onKeypress=&quot;if (event.keyCode < 45 || event.keyCode > 57) event.returnValue = false;&quot;

Hope this helps Wullie

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