document.getElementById(formID).submit() will work or not

[o0O0o.o0O0o]

i have the form id and i want to submit the form

document.getElementById(formID).submit();

Is this the correct way or not

[binaryWeapon]

Yes, I believe so. Try testing it, or google it. First link from google search: http://www.javascript-coder.com/java...m-submit.phtml

[o0O0o.o0O0o]

Its not working ,

I think in that link was using form name and i want to use formID . thats why its not working

[ghostz00]

Make sure that the formid is in quotes.

document.getElementById("formID").submit();

[binaryWeapon]

Sorry I couldn't get right back to you; had to rush out and do something as soon as I sat down to answer.

I think in that link was using form name and i want to use formID . thats why its not working

That's not it. They were using a different (and more traditional) way of traversing the DOM, but it still selects the same element. It's like the different between going somewhere in a helicopter (getElementByID) and driving there on surface streets (document.formname).

Try

var myform=document.getElementById(formID);
myform.submit();

One last thing to note is that you are specifying the id of your form correctly; sometimes I get confused and accidentally specify it as the name.

BTW, is that all the code you have so far? If there's a specific situation you're using it in, there could be other elements effecting it.

[o0O0o.o0O0o]

I am using one form with multi buttons , i am using code below

function submitForm2(formID , action)

{

document.getElementById(formID).action = action;

document.getElementById(formID).submit();

}

<

form id = 'form_1' action="" method=post>

<input class="left" type="button" name="submit" value="Show" 
    onClick="submitForm2('form_1','test.php')"> 

<input class="left" type="button" name="submit" value="Show" 
    onClick="submitForm2('form_1','test2.php')">

[A1ien51]

You can not have the buttons named submit and use submit(). The buttons override the method. Rename the buttons to something else and it will work.

Eric

[Kor]

Make sure you have no element with the name or id = "submit". IE woun't like that, as it will be confused between what it considers an object referenced by the name/id submit and the method submit()