Onclick Event of HTML Button

[wwworg]

Hey guys

When I make a button in HTML and put some Java code in the "onclick" event. When I load the form, the code in "onclick" events gets executed, even though I have not clicked the button.

How come???

Here's the code

	<BUTTON TYPE=button Value = "Click" ID=toggler ONCLICK="<% 

DbRes sendID = dbc.executeSelectQuery(
"SELECT EMAIL_ADDR "
+ "FROM USER"
+ "WHERE user.id = 'tester'"
);
%>"> run this select statement
</BUTTON>

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and then when I click the button, the code doesnt run??? dont know why... even though the code is declared in "onclick" event it should run when I click the button.

Any thoughts??

 

[Vragabond]

Are you trying to run server-side code in a client-side event handler? You can put javascript (not java, that's entirely different thing) in onclick event but not your server side code. The latter will get executed when the page loads, not when you push the button. It is the nature of web applications.

 

[LFI]

This question belongs in the JSP or ASP forum, but I'm sure it's been asked there before, so I'll take a stab at a short answer:

You're thinking of things backwards. When the page draws, the Java is executed and the end-result is an HTML page which is posted to your browser. If you view the source of the final HTML page, you will not see the Java there.

I'm sure everyone wishes they could do what you are trying to do here, but you need to take a more round-about approach to it. Go to the JavaScript Forum and say "someone said I can't do this... ...but that I could approach this with JavaScript" and ask for assistance.

Dave

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