what I am trying to do here is in the form if none of the field is entered then alert is shown and if even one of the field is entered, the form is submitted.and i am using javascript to submit the form here is my form-
<form method="POST" name="report" id="reportbean">
<div id="maindiv">
<div align="center">
<p> </p>
<p id="Title">CHANDNA COLD STORAGE
</p>
</div>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center" style="font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> OCCUPANT DETAILS:</p>
<table width="770" height="97" cellpadding="10" >
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="FirstName" id="FirstName" placeholder="FIRSTNAME" value="${firstname}" onchange="stringCheck(this);" /></td>
<td><input type="text" name="LastName" id="LastName" placeholder="LASTNAME" value="${lastname}" onchange="stringCheck(this);" ></td>
<td><input type="text" name="Village" id="Village" placeholder="VILLAGE" value="${village}" onchange="stringCheck(this);" ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="FatherName" id="FatherName" placeholder="FATHER'S NAME" value="${sonof}" onchange="stringCheck(this);" ></td>
<td><input type="text" name="District" id="District" placeholder="DISTRICT" value="${district}" onchange="stringCheck(this);" ></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>
<div id="occupationlist" >
<display:table name="List" export="true" class="displaytag" sort="list" >
<display:setProperty name="basic.empty.showtable" value="true" />
<display:column property="occid" title="ID" ></display:column>
<display:column property="firstName" title="First Name" ></display:column>
<display:column property="lastName" title="Last Name" ></display:column>
<display:column property="sonOf" title="Father's Name" ></display:column>
<display:column property="district" title="District" ></display:column>
<display:column property="village" title="Village" ></display:column>
<display:column title="Reservation Form">
<input type="button" id="reservationid" name="show reservation" onClick="javascript:toggle1();" value="show reservation det">
</display:column>
<display:column title="Agreement Form">
<input type="button" id="agreementid" name="show agreement" onClick="javascript:toggle2();" value="show agreement det">
</display:column>
</display:table>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div id="reservationlist" style="display: none">
<display:table name="List1" export="true" class="displaytag" sort="list" >
<display:setProperty name="basic.empty.showtable" value="true" />
<display:column property="resid" title="Reservation ID" ></display:column>
<display:column property="date" title="Date" ></display:column>
<display:column property="weight" title="Weight" ></display:column>
<display:column property="bags" title="Bags" ></display:column>
<display:column property="amount" title="Amount" ></display:column>
<display:column property="advance" title="Advance" ></display:column>
</display:table>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div id="agreementlist" style="display: none" >
<display:table name="List2" export="true" class="displaytag" sort="list" >
<display:setProperty name="basic.empty.showtable" value="true" />
<display:column property="agreeNo" title="Agreement ID" ></display:column>
<display:column property="date" title="Date" ></display:column>
<display:column property="weight" title="Weight" ></display:column>
<display:column property="rate" title="Rate" ></display:column>
<display:column property="bags" title="Bags" ></display:column>
<display:column property="amount" title="Amount" ></display:column>
<display:column property="advance" title="Advance" ></display:column>
<display:column property="lotNo" title="Lot No" ></display:column>
</display:table>
</div>
<p align="CENTER">
<input type="button" name="BACK" id="BACK" value="BACK" width="10px" height="10px" onClick="javascript:goBack()">
<input type="button" name="SUBMIT" id="submit" value="SEARCH" onclick="checkemptyreport();" >
</p>
</div>
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</form>
and here is my javascript function -
function checkemptyreport()
{
var firstname = document.getElementById("FirstName").value;
var lastname = document.getElementById("LastName").value;
var fathername = document.getElementById("FatherName").value;
var village = document.getElementById("Village").value;
var district = document.getElementById("District").value;
if((firstname=="") && (lastname == "") && (village == "") && (fathername == "") && (district == "") )
{
alert("Enter Atleast One field");
document.getElementById("FirstName").focus();
return false;
}
else
{
alert(2);
//document.forms["report"].submit();
document.form["report"].action = "/reportbeanservlet";
//document.location = "reportbeanservlet";
return true;
}
}
Change the type of the search button to "submit" (type button does not submit a form), and it will submit the form. Or you can do:
document.form["report"].submit();
inside the checkemptyreport()
function.
Look at this example:
Javascript :
window.onsubmit = function()
{
var firstname = document.getElementById("FirstName").value;
var lastname = document.getElementById("LastName").value;
var district = document.getElementById("District").value;
if(firstname == "" && lastname=="" && district=="")
{
alert("Fill in at least one");
return false;
}
else
{
alert(2);
//document.forms["report"].submit();
document.form["report"].action = "/reportbeanservlet";
//document.location = "reportbeanservlet";
return true;
}
}
Markup :
<form method="POST" name="report" id="reportbean">
<input type="text" name="FirstName" id="FirstName" />
<input type="text" name="LastName" id="LastName" />
<input type="text" name="District" id="District" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
This is of course a smaller version of your code, but as @tomor sugested, you can do it with a submit button, and capturate the onsubmit
event of your form.
jsFiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/hescano/xZEbH/
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