form confusion: how to grab value when onclick

[Candyb]

Hi,

I have a submit button that goes to my javascript function.
I have a while i < 5 where i = 0 let var1 = i;
The submit button has a name=submit value=submit and an id attribute that gathers it values form the var1...so
id=var1. so in the end i have 6 submit buttons all with different id values. I am able to do this through my xml/xsl files. which is beside the point. but anyways, with each submit button i also have an onClick that goes to the javascript function.

What I would like to know is how do I only obtain the value of the id that the user has clicked? ie, user clicked second submit button and so my id = 1

what is the syntax for grabbing this id and showing it my my alert box?alert(id)...shows 1

Thanks,
Candy

PS. if this is a bad way of doing this, I'm up for some better suggestions

 

[tsdragon]

How about passing the id to the onClick function? You can generate the code for that the same way you generate the id numbers. For example:

<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;s1&quot; id=&quot;1&quot; value onClick=&quot;myfunc('1')&quot;>

Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[tsdragon]

How about passing the id to the onClick function? You can generate the code for that the same way you generate the id numbers. For example:

<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;s1&quot; id=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;sub1&quot; onClick=&quot;myfunc('1')&quot;>

Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[tsdragon]

Oops, I realized as I hit submit that I hadn't finished the value attribute, but didn't hit stop quickly enough.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Candyb]

I feel silly but I realized i just had to pass that value in to the function.

But I get errors when I create this string..how can I avoid it?

var strUrl = &quot;tipsheetvb.asp?display=&quot; + display;
var strUrl2 = &quot;&tip_id=&quot; + strID;
var strALL = strUrl + strUrl2;

It says i need a ; at the end of tip_id...I really need those special characters.

Thanks,
Candy

 

[tsdragon]

I'm not sure what's wrong there. I looks OK to me. Maybe someone else can spot something. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.