[nycphp-talk] Trapping JS errors in function called onSubmit
Kristina Anderson
ka at kacomputerconsulting.com
Tue May 6 18:25:21 EDT 2008
thanks!! will do.
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Kristina Anderson
> <ka at kacomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone --
> >
> > I'm trying to build out a validation routine for my input forms and
> > found something that I like/find easy to extend. I added it as an
> > external script to my test page. I tested to make sure all the
> > subfunctions were being called by inserting alert boxes and they
are
> > being called. Unfortunately, the routine is not picking up my
> > empty/non valid fields and instead appears to be just
returning "true"
> > and submitting the form.
> >
>
> My guess is that your javascript has errors which prevents the submit
> handler from returning false. This makes it really hard for
> debugging...
>
> Try the following when developing:
> <form onsubmit="validate(this);return false;">
> instead of
> <form onsubmit="return validate(this)">
>
> This way when "validate" errors out, the submission will still be
> trapped and you can see the errors in the console.
>
> HTH,
>
> -john c.
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