Simple Java Script works in IE but not Firefox - PLEASE HELP

[dv8er88]

Hi I don't know much about Java but I have been using the following script for Field validation and it works fine in IE. Can someone please tell me how to get this to work for both.

Thanks in advance.


<script>

function DoSubmit()
{
if (document.all.bill_name.value == '')
{
alert("Please enter valid name.")
}
else
{
document.form2.submit()
}
}
</script>


<form name="form2" method="post" action="ok.html">

Name: <input name="bill_name" type="text" size="30" />
<input type="button" name="Submit22" onClick="DoSubmit()" value="Submit" />

</form>

 

[cLFlaVA]

the "all" collection is IE-only. try this:

function DoSubmit() {
    var f = document.forms['form2'];
    if (f.elements['bill_name'].value == '') {
        alert("Please enter valid name.");
    } else {
        f.submit();
    }
}

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[BabyJeffy]

Just a note... there is a big difference between Java and Javascript. Check out the FAQ below to learn what I mean

Cheers,
Jeff

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

dv8er88,

I'd love to know how you're going to pick up on POSTed form fields in a plain HTML page. Care to share?

Dan

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[cLFlaVA]

good points...



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[dv8er88]

Hi,
First I wanted to say thanks to cLFlaVA for spending more time helping me then coming up with sarcastic comments.
Thanks so much for the help cLFlaVA.

I do know there is a difference between Java and Java Script. I made a typo, it was late,

Also this code is actually part of a much bigger Cold Fusion page. That post to another Cold Fusion page. In the interest of simplifying thing I posted the above sample.

 

[cLFlaVA]

they weren't being sarcastic. both Dan and Jeff made valid points that you should take into consideration. Based on the information you gave, Dan's comment is something you should have taken to heart, and Jeff was trying to make sure you knew there was a difference.

No need to get offended.



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

dv8er88,

My comments were not sarcastic in the least. I had a genuine desire to know how you accessed POSTed form fields in an HTML page.

Knowing Jeff as well as I do, I know that he wasn't trying to be sarcastic either. In fact - no-one who has posted to this thread - except you in your last post - has been anything other than genuinely nice.

Perhaps you shouldn't jump to hasty conclusions.

Dan

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[BabyJeffy]

No harm done

It's easy to misunderstand one another when we use merely text. Normally we communicate with one another on many different levels (and if we were face-to-face it may have been more obvious we weren't attempting to be sarcastic).

I was just thinking about Dan's comment about catching POST form submits using html files and came up with an answer for that. Just because the file extension is .html doesn't mean it's necessarily a static html file (you could be rewriting the file extensions server-side so they *appear* to be static html files - but may be something like PHP, CFM etc).

As I said before... no harm done... no foul.

Cheers,
Jeff

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[dv8er88]

OK, I misunderstood. I thank you all for the time spent the help and explanations.

Thanks again.