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Help Debugging Javascript Validation!

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by jb77, Oct 26, 2006.

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    Can anybody help me (a javascript newbie) figure out why this script validation isn't working? :confused: I'm tearing my hair out with this... any help is appreciated!!

    <HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Survey</TITLE>

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
<!--
function CheckRequiredFields() {
var errormessage = new String();
	
if(validate(document.Survey.x_Hobbies))
	{ errormessage += "\n\nPlease answer what your \"other\" hobbies are (question #3)."; }
	
if(errormessage.length > 2) {
	alert('NOTE:' + errormessage);
	return false;
	}
return true;
}

function validate(ss) {
if ((ss.Other==true)&&(document.Survey.x_Hobbies_Other.value.length==0)) { return true; }
return false;
}

//-->
</script>

<link rel="StyleSheet" type="text/css" href="store.css" media="screen">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0">
	<tr>
		<td>
		<h1 class="survey">Survey</h1>
		<form action="/cgi-bin/MasterFeedback.cgi" method="post" name="Survey" onSubmit="return CheckRequiredFields()">
		<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Shopping Survey-0610">
		<input type="hidden" name="realname" value="john">
		<input type="hidden" name="email" value="john@doe.com">
		<input type="hidden" name="thankyou" value="/cgi-bin/survey0610_confirm.cgi">
		<ol class="questions">		 
			<li>What are your favorite hobbies? <span class="note">(choose all that apply)</span>
				<ul class="cols">
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="Music" /> Music</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="Sports" /> Sports</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="ArtsCrafts" /> Arts / Crafts</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="Reading" /> Reading</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="TV" /> Watching TV</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="Cooking" /> Cooking</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="HomeDecorating" /> Home Decorating</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="Fashion" /> Fashion</li>
					<li><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="Shopping" /> Shopping</li>
					<li class="widecol"><input type="checkbox" name="x_Hobbies" value="Other" /> Other: <input type="text" name="x_Hobbies_Other" size="40" maxlength="" onfocus="this.className='currentField'" onchange="this.className='changedField'" /></li>
				</ul>
			</li>	
		</ol>
		 
		<p>Thank you for filling out the survey.  Please click SUBMIT!</p>
		
		<p class="center"><input type="image" src="images/2006/btn_submit_wht.gif" name="submitbutton" alt="Submit" /><input type="reset" value="Clear Form" class="resetbtn" alt="Clear All Form Fields" onclick="if (!confirm('Are you sure you want to clear this form?')) return false;" /></p><br />
		</form>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>

</BODY>
</HTML>
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  2. Logic Ali

    Logic Ali Well-Known Member

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  3. jb77

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    Thanks for the reply Logic Ali, I still can't seem to get it to work...

    I tried 10-15 combinations:
    if (ss[ss.length-1].checked)
    if (ss[ss.length-10].checked)
    if (ss[10].checked)

    none of which are working, and I can't give it a unique name for other reasons. So how do you write the checkbox position correctly?
     
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    Logic Ali Well-Known Member

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    function validate(ss)
{
 return ss[ss.length-1].checked && document.Survey.x_Hobbies_Other.value.length==0 ;
}
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