Form will not submit unless I include an alert

[LarrySteele]

I'm having an odd JavaScript problem. I've searched Google and this forum, but have not found a solution.

function next_page() {
    document.forms["frm_post"].submit();
}

From what I can see, this should submit the form. It does not.

However, with this small change, the form will submit:

function next_page() {
    document.forms["frm_post"].submit();
    [COLOR=red]alert("submit the form already");[/color]
}

In the modified function, the alert flashes, goes away (read: not modal), and the form posts.

Any suggestions on what would cause this strange behavior?

TIA,
Larry

 

[vacunita]

When is this being triggered?
What is its context within the page?
Have you checked you have no errors?


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[LarrySteele]

Phil, thanks for asking. While I was away, I finally bumped into the answer:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4476212/why-my-ajax-call-refresh-page-i-e-calling-servlet-again.

What I did was change my static hidden form elements visible. When I landed on the page, they were where I expected them to be. Then I triggered and ajax call and suddenly form elements went clear. That sent me looking for why an ajax call would trigger a page reload/refresh.

All I had to do was modify my button's onclick event from "next_page();" to "next_page(); return false;". After that, no more page reload/refresh and now the page moves forward.

Now that I have that working, I can move forward with this project. But, I also see I have some more studying to do to understand the effect of the [tt]return[/tt] clause here and why it had the effect it did.

Thanks again,
Larry