form validation problem...

[ballygowanboy]

hi, can someone tell me why this code isn't working, thanks.

i'm trying to get a hidden div to apear when there's no text entered in a name field,

document.getElementById(noName).style.visibility = "visible";

here's the code,

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
    <!-- Hide code from non-js browsers
    function validateForm()
    {
    formObj = document.formCard;
    if ((formObj.name.value == "") ) {
        document.getElementById(noName).style.visibility = "visible";
        return false;
    }
    else
        return true;
    }
    // end hiding -->
</SCRIPT>

and the html

 
<form id="formCard" name="formCard" method="post" action="" onSubmit="return validateForm()">
            Name:<div id="noName">Please fill out your name</div>
            <br />
            <input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" />
 
          <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" />
          </form>
 
 

[acoder]

noName should be a string: document.getElementById("noName")