stupid onsubmit question

[Harry_Hardcore]

<script>

	function emptyField(textObj)
	{
		if(textObj.value.length == 0) return true;
	
		for(var i=0; i<textObj.value.length;i++) {
			ch = textObj.value.charAt(i);
			if(ch != ' ' && ch != '\t') return false;
			}
		return true;
	}
	
	function doSubmit(thisForm)
	{
		if (emptyField(thisForm.BidderID)
		{
		  	alert("Please choose a \"Bidder ID\" !");
			return false;
		}
		if (emptyField(thisForm.BidderPassword))
		{
		  	alert("Please enter a \"Password\" !");
			return false;
		}
		if (emptyField(thisForm.BiddingPrice))
		{
		  	alert("Please enter a \"BiddingPrice\" !");
			return false;
		}
		return;
	}
</script>

<form name="SubmitBidForm" action="submitBid.jsp" 
onSubmit="return doSubmit(this);" method="post">

<blockquote>

<p><font color="#000080" size="4" face="Helvitica">&nbsp; Item ID: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     <%=result %>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
<p>

<font size=4 face="Helvitica"><font color="#000080">Bidder ID:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font>&nbsp&nbsp; <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="BidderID" size="20"></font></p>
<p>

<font size=4 face="Helvitica">
  <font color="#000080">Bidder Password:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>&nbsp<INPUT TYPE="PASSWORD" NAME="BidderPassword" size="20"><BR><BR>
  <font color="#000080">Bidding Price:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>&nbsp<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="BiddingPrice" size="20"><BR><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="SubmitBid" VALUE="Submit Bid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font>
</p>
</blockquote>
<input type="hidden" name="ItemID" value="<%=result %>">
</form>

i had this working, but somehow it got changed and i cant figure out why the onsubmit doesnt work? it just loads the page..

any help will be much appreciated

 

[luminal]

looks like your last return statement in doSubmit() is causing the problem.

I'm fairly sure that
return;

would be the same as
return false;

The onSubmit would therefore not succeed and you would continue to see the same page.