[SOLVED] please help what's wrong here

[Panjabel]

<script language="javascript">
function validate(){
if (document.myform.ss1.value == "") {
alert("empty field");
return false;
}
</script>
<form name="myform" method="post" onsubmit="return validate()">
<input type="text" name="ss1" id="ss1">
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

??? ??? ??? ???

[JasonLewis]

Make you're script this:

 

<script language="javascript">
function validate(){
if (document.myform.ss1.value == "") {
alert("empty field");
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
}
</script>

 

You're missing the closing of the if statement, I also added an else and returned true.

[Panjabel]

thanks a lot