form mandatory fields

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Ive been looking through a whole tonne of sites to try to find out how I can make my fields mandatory but havnt been able to find something so far which actually tells me whwta I want to know. Ive tried a couple of code segments but they havnt been working. can anyone tell me how I can make fields in my code mandatory?

My attempt at solving this is below:

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<html>

<head>
 
<title>Coals Spiral Brochure Enquiry Form</title>
 
<meta name="description" content="">
 
<meta name="keywords" content="">

<script language="javascript" 

  type="text/javascript">
 
function validateForm(brochure1)

{
 
if(""==document.forms.brochure1.firstname.value)

{

alert("Please enter your first name.");

return false;

}
 
if(""==document.forms.brochure1.lastname.value)

{

alert("Please enter your last name.");

return false;

}
 
if(""==document.forms.brochure1.email.value)

{

alert("Please enter your email address.");

return false;

}
 
}

if(""==document.forms.brochure1.phone.value)

{

alert("Please enter your Phone number.");

return false;

}
 
}
 
if(""==document.forms.brochure1.country.value)

{

alert("Please enter your country.");

return false;

}
 
}
 
</script>

</head>

<body bgcolor="white" text="black">
 
<table width="60%" align="center">

<tr>

<td>

<font face=Arial size=2>
 
<IMG SRC="http://www.mdmintec.reachpoint.com/Data/mdmintec/Roche%20MT%20sm.jpg" align="right">

<strong><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>

Coals Spiral Brochure Enquiry Form</strong>

<HR style="WIDTH: 100%; HEIGHT: 1px" align=center width="100%" color=black>

<BR>

Please fill out your details below in order to receive our Coals Spiral Brochure.

<BR><BR>
 
<form method="post"  onsubmit='return validateForm()' action="http://svr86.ehostpros.com/~minera86/brochure1.php">

<TABLE width=85% align=center cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 border=0>

<TR>

<TD>

<font face=Arial size=2>First Name: 

</TD>

<TD>

<INPUT title="Your Google Toolbar can fill this in for you. Select AutoFill" maxLength=100 size=40 name=firstname> 

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<font face=Arial size=2>Last Name: 

</TD>

<TD>

<INPUT title="Your Google Toolbar can fill this in for you. Select AutoFill" maxLength=100 size=40 name=lastname> 

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<font face=Arial size=2>Email: 

</TD>

<TD>

<INPUT title="Your Google Toolbar can fill this in for you. Select AutoFill" maxLength=100 size=40 name=email>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<font face=Arial size=2>Phone: 

</TD>

<TD>

<INPUT title="Your Google Toolbar can fill this in for you. Select AutoFill" maxLength=100 size=40 name=phone>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<font face=Arial size=2>Country: <BR><BR><BR><BR>

</TD>

<TD>

<INPUT title="Your Google Toolbar can fill this in for you. Select AutoFill" maxLength=100 size=40 name=country>

<p Align=right>

<input class="BButton" value="Send" name="cmdSubmit" type="submit">

</align>

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

</form>
 
</font>

</body>

</html>

Oct 29 '07 #1

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Dameon99

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btw this code worked for another site.. but for some reason not this one. Can anyone tell me what Im doing wrong?!

Oct 29 '07 #2

dmjpro

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btw this code worked for another site.. but for some reason not this one. Can anyone tell me what Im doing wrong?!

What is "brochure1" in "document.forms .brochure1.firs tname.value" expression?

Debasis

Oct 29 '07 #3

Dameon99

New Member

What is "brochure1" in "document.forms .brochure1.firs tname.value" expression?

Debasis

"brochure1" is name of the html file brochure1.html.

Oct 29 '07 #4

dmjpro

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Top Contributor

"brochure1" is name of the html file brochure1.html.

all these expression "document.forms .brochure1" should be changed into "document.f orms[0]"

Debasis

Oct 29 '07 #5

Dameon99

New Member

all these expression "document.forms .brochure1" should be changed into "document.f orms[0]"

Debasis

Why is this? JUst wondering if you could explain it s I understand what I am doing wrong.

Oct 29 '07 #6

acoder

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Recognized Expert Moderator MVP

Why is this? JUst wondering if you could explain it s I understand what I am doing wrong.

You can't use "brochure1" because it doesn't refer to the form.

forms[0] is the first form on the page. If you could possibly have more than one form, you would be better off giving your form an id and using document.getEle mentById(form-id).

Oct 29 '07 #7

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