You should be able to do all your client side checking using DOM access
methods. The name attribute in form is no longer needed nor desirable.
Rough example
<input type="text" id="name" value="" name="Name"/>
if ( document.getElementById("name") == "" )
{
alert("Please enter a name");
}
Cheers
Chris
On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 11:26, robert e. lee wrote:
> I have had a form up for a long time and it vallidates as xhtml 1.0
> transitional. But I have to wonder why it is that I can't get that last
> error fixed so it is strict...
>
> I have a name attribute in the form tag, but I need it there due to the
> javascript validations necessary for client side checking,
> "name=surveyform".
>
> I tried looking into the W3C specs for xhtml and tried alternatives like
> "id" but in the end gave up. So out of curiosity, what should I have used
> for this purpose?
>
> Thanx in advance for any input.
>
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