New javascripter with a function/cookie problem!

[Amesteri]

Here is the function

function setCookie()
{
cookieName = "dataCookie";
var YouEntered
 
if(document.cookie != document.cookie)
{index = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName);}
else
{index = -1;}
 
if (index == -1)
{
YouEntered=document.getElementById("userName").value;
document.cookie=cookie_name+"="+YouEntered+"; expires=Monday,04-Apr-2020 05:00:00 GMT";
}
}
 

Here is the code in the default.htm
[HTML]<p>
<INPUT type="button" NAME="memberLoginButton" VALUE="Member Login" Id="submitButton"
onclick="return validate(); setCookie()">
</p[/HTML]

[acoder]

The problem here is the "return validate()" which won't allow the setCookie() function to execute. To solve the problem, put the setCookie function call within validate() or call it with an if condition, i.e. if (validate()) setCookie().