Form validation problem

Batezz

Why does the following form validation not work?

If both CityTown and County fields are blank then the html should stop and
not go to http://www.XXXXX.COM/Product/Productsearchresults.php.

Any help appreciated

Batezz

<script Language="JavaScript">

</script>
<body>
<form action="http://www.XXXXX.COM/Product/Productsearchresults.php"
method="get" name="location_search" id="location_search" onsubmit="return
Blank_TextField_Validator()">
<table width="172" border="1">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Location search</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="64">City/Town</td>
<td width="112"><input name="CityTown" type="text" id="CityTown"
size="15" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>County</td>
<td><input name="County" type="text" id="County" size="15" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><div align="right">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search" />
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>

Jul 23 '05 #1

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Mick White

Batezz wrote:

Why does the following form validation not work?

If both CityTown and County fields are blank then the html should stop and
not go to http://www.XXXXX.COM/Product/Productsearchresults.php.

Any help appreciated

Batezz

<script Language="JavaScript">

</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Blank_TextField_Validator(form){
return !(!form.CityTown.value || !form.County.value);
}
</script>

<form ...
onsubmit = "return Blank_TextField_Validator(this)">
Mick <body>
<form action="http://www.XXXXX.COM/Product/Productsearchresults.php"
method="get" name="location_search" id="location_search" onsubmit="return
Blank_TextField_Validator()">
<table width="172" border="1">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Location search</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="64">City/Town</td>
<td width="112"><input name="CityTown" type="text" id="CityTown"
size="15" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>County</td>
<td><input name="County" type="text" id="County" size="15" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><div align="right">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search" />
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>

Jul 23 '05 #2

Lee

Batezz said:

Why does the following form validation not work?

If both CityTown and County fields are blank then the html should stop and
not go to http://www.XXXXX.COM/Product/Productsearchresults.php.

Any help appreciated

Batezz

<script Language="JavaScript">

</script>

There are several problems with that code.
The <script> tag should have a type attribute.
You should not use the  comments.
You should refer to the form as document.location_search
(or better, pass a reference to the form to the function).
The equality test operator is "==", not "=".
You should use indentation to make it easier to read.
The logic could be simplified, and it should also be made
to test for nothing but whitespace, but without going that
far, your code should look like:

<script type="text/javascript">
function Blank_TextField_Validator() {
if (document.location_search.CityTown.value=="" &&
document.location_search.County.value=="") {
return (false);
}
return (true);
}
</script>

Jul 23 '05 #3

Batezz

Thank's to all who helped

Batezz

Jul 23 '05 #4

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