referencing a text box

[MillsRJ]

what is the proper syntax for a form text box to reference itself (to pass value on to a function or sub)

example

<input name=&quot;day1&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;day1&quot; onChange=&quot;<%call Changebox(newvaluehere,-13,qryElements.Fields.Item(&quot;numsubcatagoryid&quot.Value)%>&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;>

When the user changes the value in the textbox, I wish to pass the new value to a function(along with some other arguements).

Am I calling the function correctly? (it is VBscript)

All my users are on IE6, the backend is SQL.

I did ask a similar question on another thread, but I think I made it too complicated.

thanks



Rob Mills
System Analyst
Correctional Services Canada
(all statements are my own ...., ah hell, its the government, sue'em anyway)

 

[ralphtrent]

try document.formname.fieldname.value()
example, if you have a form named &quot;submit&quot; and a text field named first_name, then your passed value would looke like this
document.submit.first_name.value(). This will give you the value of the text field. Hope this is what you are looking for.

 

[MillsRJ]

ok, I tried

onChange=&quot;Changebox(document.form1.day1.value(),-13,<%=qryElements.Fields.Item(&quot;numsubcatagoryid&quot.Value%>)&quot;

but I get an error on page

the changbox function is as follows

<%
sub ChangeBox(newnum,dayspan,subcat)
dim addSQL,modSQL,curnum,subsite,lookdate
response.Write(&quot;newnum = &quot;&newnum&&quot;, dayspan = &quot;&dayspan&&quot;, subcat=&quot;&subcat)
if newnum = 0 or newnum = &quot;&quot; then
exit sub
end if
subsite = request.Form(&quot;subcategoryselect&quot
curnum = finddate(dayspan,subcat)
lookdate = dateadd(&quot;d&quot;,dayspan,request.form(&quot;datebox&quot)
if curnum = 0 then
'add new record
addSQL = &quot;Insert into dbo.tblData (numSubCatagoryID,dtDate,flgLocked,numEntry,numSubSiteID) &quot;
addSQL = addSQL & &quot;VALUES (&quot;&subcat&&quot;,'&quot;&lookdate&&quot;',0,&quot;&newnum&&quot;,&quot;&subsite&&quot &quot;
end if
end sub
%>

thanks for the help

Rob Mills
System Analyst
Correctional Services Canada
(all statements are my own ...., ah hell, its the government, sue'em anyway)

 

[ralphtrent]

what's the error. Does the correct value get passed?

 

[MillsRJ]

it just says &quot;error on page&quot; at the bottom of the screen

Rob Mills
System Analyst
Correctional Services Canada
(all statements are my own ...., ah hell, its the government, sue'em anyway)

 

[MillsRJ]

Thanks for your help all, but I've abandoned this idea for a form post method

cheers

Rob Mills
System Analyst
Correctional Services Canada
(all statements are my own ...., ah hell, its the government, sue'em anyway)