Script Help 2

techninut · Jun 30, 2003

I have written a very basic validation script, but can not seem to get it to work. I have pasted the script below. Does anyone know what I am missing here?

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>TEST FORM</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">

function goodForm()
{
IF (FORM1.NAME.VALUE =="&quot

{
ALERT("Please enter your name&quot

;
FORM1.NAME.FOCUS();
RETURN(FALSE);
}
RETURN(TRUE);
}

</SCRIPT>

<BODY>
<FORM NAME="FORM1">
Name
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="NAME"></INPUT>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="SUBMIT" ONSUBMIT="goodForm()">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

- David

scriptOhead · Jun 30, 2003

function goodForm()
{
IF (document.FORM1.NAME.value == "&quot

{
alert("Please enter your name&quot

;
document.FORM1.NAME.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}

Remember that Javascript is case sensitive.

techninut · Jul 1, 2003

Ok, I fixed the case issue, however I still have problems with half of this script. I am not getting any error codes which makes it harder to trouble shoot.

Here is the script :

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>TEST FORM</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">

function goodForm(form1)
{
if (form1.name.value =="&quot

{
alert("Please enter your name&quot

;
form1.name.focus();
return false;
}
if (form1.name.length < 5)
{
alert("Please enter 5&quot

form1.name.focus();
return false;
}

return true;
}

</SCRIPT>

<BODY>
<FORM NAME="form1" onsubmit="return goodForm(this)">
Name
<input type="text" name="name"></input>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

The first half works, meaning I receive the alert if the box is blank, however the second half does not work. If I put only 2 characters in the input field I don't get any errors, although I should receive an error if it is anything less than 5 characters. I'm sure I am missing something here, I just do not know what.

- David

ChetN · Jul 1, 2003

DSergile,
I changed the field name from name (a javascript property) to name1, and added value to the equation. See the bolding.

function goodForm(form1)
{
if (form1.name1.value =="&quot

{
alert("Please enter your name&quot

;
form1.name1.focus();
return false;
}
if (form1.name1.value.length < 5){
alert("Please enter 5&quot

;
form1.name1.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}

techninut · Jul 2, 2003

That was it ! Thanks to both of you for all your help. I've been trying to figure that out all week.

Thanks again !!!

- David

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