jnhemley
12-22-2010, 07:24 PM
I have an edit form with Javascript validation. The validation never gets executed. Please look at the following abbreviated code:
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
<title> </title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function validate(form){
if (form1.zip.length !== 5) {
alert("You must enter a zipcode with five characters.");
document.form1.zip.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<?php
include ("db.php");
$tbl_name="client"; // Table name
session_start();
// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
// get value of id that sent from address bar
$id=$_GET['id'];
$_SESSION['id']=$id;
// Retrieve data from database
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE id='$id'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
$rows=mysql_fetch_array($result);
$status=$rows['marital'];
?>
<table width="300" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">
<tr>
<td><form name="form1" method="post" onsubmit="return validate(this)"></td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><strong> Update Client </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">First Name:</td>
<td ><input name="firstname" type="text" id="firstname" value="<? echo $rows['firstname']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Last Name:</td>
<td><input name="lastname" type="text" id="lastname" value="<? echo $rows['lastname']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Address1:</td>
<td><input name="address1" type="text" id="address1" value="<? echo $rows['address1']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Address2:</td>
<td><input name="address2" type="text" id="address2" value="<? echo $rows['address2']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">City:</td>
<td><input name="city" type="text" id="city" value="<? echo $rows['city']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">State:</td>
<td><input name="state" type="text" id="state" value="<? echo $rows['state']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Zip:</td>
<td><input name="zip" type="text" id="zip" value="<? echo $rows['zip']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Country of Origin: </td>
<td><input name="selcountry" type="text" id="country" value="<? echo $rows['country']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Birth Date:</td>
<td><input name="birth" type="text" id="birth" value="<? echo $rows['birth']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" align="center"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" ></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
<title> </title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function validate(form){
if (form1.zip.length !== 5) {
alert("You must enter a zipcode with five characters.");
document.form1.zip.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<?php
include ("db.php");
$tbl_name="client"; // Table name
session_start();
// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
// get value of id that sent from address bar
$id=$_GET['id'];
$_SESSION['id']=$id;
// Retrieve data from database
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE id='$id'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
$rows=mysql_fetch_array($result);
$status=$rows['marital'];
?>
<table width="300" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">
<tr>
<td><form name="form1" method="post" onsubmit="return validate(this)"></td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><strong> Update Client </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">First Name:</td>
<td ><input name="firstname" type="text" id="firstname" value="<? echo $rows['firstname']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Last Name:</td>
<td><input name="lastname" type="text" id="lastname" value="<? echo $rows['lastname']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Address1:</td>
<td><input name="address1" type="text" id="address1" value="<? echo $rows['address1']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Address2:</td>
<td><input name="address2" type="text" id="address2" value="<? echo $rows['address2']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">City:</td>
<td><input name="city" type="text" id="city" value="<? echo $rows['city']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">State:</td>
<td><input name="state" type="text" id="state" value="<? echo $rows['state']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Zip:</td>
<td><input name="zip" type="text" id="zip" value="<? echo $rows['zip']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Country of Origin: </td>
<td><input name="selcountry" type="text" id="country" value="<? echo $rows['country']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="30%" align="right">Birth Date:</td>
<td><input name="birth" type="text" id="birth" value="<? echo $rows['birth']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" align="center"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" ></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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