easy one

[landslide]

What is wrong with this statment.

function validate() {
  var Sign = document.getElementById('Sign');
  if(Sign.value = 'Enter Your ID Number'){
    alert('Please sign the form by inputing your badge number');
    return false;
  }
  return true;
}

I get the alert when it is true or false and I cannot sumit it. any ideas.

[Aghochikyan]

Sign.value = 'Enter Your ID Number'

Replace = with ==

[landslide]

Thanks its still giving me problems. when I hit submit it still give me the messgae but it still submit it. I want it to not submit if it is not changed whta am I missing

<input type="Submit" value="Submit" onSubmit="validate()"/>

[Emefa]

Your statement allows return true even when the condition is false.
Note that I have added the else to the code.
Try and see if this helps.

function validate() 
{
  var Sign = document.getElementById('Sign');
  if(Sign.value = 'Enter Your ID Number')
{
    alert('Please sign the form by inputing your badge number');
    return false;
  }
else
{
  return true;
}
}

[Aghochikyan]

<input type="Submit" value="Submit" onSubmit="validate()"/>

Put ; after calling function.

<input type="Submit" value="Submit" onSubmit="validate();"/>

[landslide]

I have done all of this but it still sows the message and it still updates the information even if it is lank any oter ideas

[Emefa]

Could you post your entire form code here?
It is only fair that in order to help you, it is good to show what exactly you are doing.
That way, the correction can be done properly.

[Hack]

Could you post your entire form code here?

Also, state what the code is doing, and what the code should be doing.

[JPnyc]

If you use a return in the function you must use return in the call.

onSubmit="return validate()"/>

[landslide]

That above is my code Ill post it again if you like. It Still doesnt work arrgg

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
function validate() 
{
  var Sign = document.getElementById('Sign');
  if(Sign.value = 'Enter Your ID Number')
{
    alert('Please sign the form by inputing your badge number');
    return false;
  }
else
{
  return true;
}
}
</script>
<input type="Submit" value="Submit" onSubmit="return validate()"/>:confused:

[JPnyc]

I should've looked more closely at the code. onSubmit="return validate()"/ belongs inside the form tag, not the button tag.

[landslide]

I changed the code to have the validate where the form tag is. Now it will not let me submit not matter what it gives me the message and wont submit. I have attached all my form code.

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="POST" action="<%=MM_editAction%>" onSubmit="return validate()">
  <table width="700" border="1" align="center">
    <tr>
      <td bgcolor="009999"><div align="center"><span class="style32">Will the employee have enough
          leave to cover the requests?</span> Yes
          <input name="Yesaccurate" type="checkbox" id="Yesaccurate" value="Yes is accruate" />
        No
        <input name="Noaccurate" type="checkbox" id="Noaccurate" onclick="alert(&quot;Please list what leave is not approved below&quot;)" value="No" />
      </div>
        <label>
        <div align="center"></div>
        </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td bgcolor="009999"><div align="center"><span class="style39"><strong>All leave can be approved
        with the following exceptions: </strong></span>
        <textarea name="Reason1" cols="80" id="Reason1">None</textarea>
      </div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td bgcolor="009999"><div align="center">Manager's Verification* Signature
      </div>
        <label>
        <div align="center">
          <input name="Sign" type="text" class="style25" id="Sign" value="Enter Your ID Number" />
        </div>
      </label></td>
    </tr>

 <input type="Submit" value="Submit"/>

[JPnyc]

Have you correct this yet? if(Sign.value = 'Enter Your ID Number')

should be

if(Sign.value == 'Enter Your ID Number')

[landslide]

I am so sorry for not responding It has been crazy. I will try this tomorrow. Thanks you so much for replying.

[landslide]

That worked thanks again