Forms and HTML validation

[yandr]

I am sure the answer is somewhere, but although I have searched for it I
couldn't find it.

I am doing form validation and I am checking each field using
document.FormName.FieldName.value
My problem is that I am using HTML 4 transitional and if I give a name to
the form (<form name="something">) it will not validate. I also can't use
document.Forms[0].FieldName because I have multiple forms in each page.
The ID tag doesn't seem to work either (I mean just replace 'name' with
'id').

So, the question is how can I access the form and validate at the same time?
It would be best if someone can direct me to a tutorial that included
cross-browser compatibility (supporting DOM3 and previous versions).

Thank you very much in advance and sorry if this is stupid.

[Andrew Urquhart]

*yandr* wrote in comp.lang.javascript:

I am sure the answer is somewhere, but although I have searched for it
I couldn't find it.

I am doing form validation and I am checking each field using
document.FormName.FieldName.value My problem is that I am using HTML
4 transitional and if I give a name to the form (<form
name="something">) it will not validate.
HTML 4.01 addressed that issue (in 1999):
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interac...adef-name-FORM
I also can't use document.Forms[0].FieldName because I have multiple
forms in each page.
document.forms["myFormName"].elements["myFieldName"].value
The ID tag doesn't seem to work either (I mean just replace 'name'
with 'id').
Use of ids for form referencing is not backwards compatible, but to get
a handle on the form:
document.getElementById("myFormId")
So, the question is how can I access the form and validate at the same
time?

Use the amended 4.01 DTD. A list of current DTDs can be found at:
http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

Best,
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[Michael Winter]

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:09:53 GMT, Andrew Urquhart
<us**************************@com.invalid> wrote:

[snip]

Use of ids for form referencing is not backwards compatible, but to get
a handle on the form:
document.getElementById("myFormId")

Though the forms collection works just as well except, as you say, with
old browsers. Then only named forms can be accessed.

[snip]

Mike

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