Validation before submitting Form

[Pinpoint]

Hi,

I'm trying to check the contents of an HTML form using the onSubmit="return Validate();" option within the form statement, where Validate is a JS function. The function seems to be called okay before the Submit button, however whatever the result returned from Validate(), the Submit processing is then actioned, i.e. in the case of a validation error it is ignoring the 'false' return-code coming out of the function.

<form name=&quot;ViewDetails&quot; action=&quot;NextScreen&quot; method=POST
onSubmit=&quot;return Validate();&quot;>

<input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Confirm Details&quot;>
</form>

Any ideas on getting round this ?

Thanks,

Pinpoint

 

[tviman]

Here's a bit of code that I used for a business site. It's part of a questionnaire. The javascript file is external to the page and is referenced in the page like this:
<script src=&quot;efnww.js&quot; type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;></script>

function questionnaire(qform){
if(qform.bus_name.value.length == 0){
alert(&quot;Enter your FULL BUSINESS NAME&quot;
qform.ques1[0].focus();
qform.bus_name.focus();
return (false);}

if ((qform.bus_address.value.length + qform.bus_address1.value.length) == 0){
alert(&quot;Enter your BUSINESS ADDRESS&quot;
qform.bus_name.focus();
qform.bus_address.focus();
return (false);}

if (qform.city.value.length == 0){
alert(&quot;Enter the CITY of your mailing address&quot;
qform.bus_address.focus();
qform.city.focus();
return (false);}
}


The form tag is like this:

<form method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;

http://www.business_site.com/cgi/questionnaire.cgi&quot;

name=&quot;theForm&quot; onSubmit=&quot;return questionnaire(this)&quot;>

This works every time, unless, of course, the user has disabled javascript. I also do the same validation in the cgi script in case this happens.

Maybe you could post a link to your page and we could take a look at it?

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Does your validate function definately return true?

Can you post the complete code?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Pinpoint]

Thanks for your help guys. I have now got the coding to work okay, without any changes. Looks like it was a problem with my test rig. The Form is infact sent for processing to a server-side C++ Shopping cart app, so trying to simulate that in a test situation on my local PC must have caused the dodgy response.

Pinpoint.