No submit when password not same?

vanillapod · Feb 28, 2002

Hi, i've got a validation script that checks that two passwords are the same when entered on a change password asp. Anyway when they click on the submit button the msgbox appears saying "The passwords don't match" etc but then the form submits anyway! How do I stop the form from submitting if the passwords aren't the same?

Cheers
Gary

Nagrom · Feb 28, 2002

You need to specify a function in the OnSubmit event for the form that returns either true or false. If it returns false the form does not submit (but you must have the "return" keyword in the call to the function). Here is some example code for a web page that does what I am talking about:

<HTML>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=Javascript>

function ReturnFalse()
{
alert("Tried to submit!&quot

;
return false;
}

</SCRIPT>

<BODY>
<FORM ACTION="SomePage.htm" METHOD=POST OnSubmit='javascript: return ReturnFalse();'>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>
</FORM>
</BODY>

</HTML>

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No submit when password not same?

vanillapod

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