Checking multiple conditions

[mrsquash]

Hello all,

 

I am having a problem with my form validation.

 

Basically, I have a search form that contains six(6) aeras to search by. (Request ID, Date Entered, Last Name, First Name, Status, and Inquiry Type) At a minimum I want to require the user to select an Inquiry Type. To do this I am including a form validation function in javascript.  Below is what I have.

 

function submitForm() {

// Requires the user to select the Inquiry Type at a minimum
if (document.submitForm.request_id.value != "" || 
document.submitForm.date_entered.value != "" ||
document.submitForm.last_name.value != "" ||
document.submitForm.first_name.value != "" ||
document.submitForm.status.options.value != "" &&
document.submitForm.inquiry_code.options.value == "") {
alert("You must select an Inquiry Type in order to view any records.");
submitForm.inquiry_code.focus();
return;
}

document.submitForm.submit();
}

 

This "should" check to see if any values were entered into any of the search criteria. IF anything was entered, but the Inquiry Type was not selected it should return the error.

 

But...it's not working.

 

Any ideas?

[Stickybomb]

wow ok there alot of problems here.

 

first you need to use the getElementById method to aquire something instead of just the id value.

 

also that is a hugh conditonal which would take along time to run through for each field.

 

chanceis are you are caught in an infinte loop or timing out.

 

here try this i use it with some of my forms

 

/*
	Required field(s) validation- By NavSurf
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	*/

	function formCheck(formobj){
		//1) Enter name of mandatory fields
		var fieldRequired = Array("firstname", "lastname", "company", "address", "city", "StateorProvince", "postalcode", "country", "phone");
		//2) Enter field description to appear in the dialog box
		var fieldDescription = Array("First Name", "Last Name", "Company", "Address", "City", "State/Providence", "Postal Code", "Country", "Phone");
		//3) Enter dialog message
		var alertMsg = "Please complete the following fields:\n";

		var l_Msg = alertMsg.length;

		for (var i = 0; i < fieldRequired.length; i++){
			var obj = formobj.elements[fieldRequired[i]];
			if (obj){
				switch(obj.type){
					case "select-one":
					if (obj.selectedIndex == -1 || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text == ""){
						alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
					}
					break;
					case "select-multiple":
					if (obj.selectedIndex == -1){
						alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
					}
					break;
					case "text":
					case "textarea":
					if (obj.value == "" || obj.value == null){
						alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
					}
					break;
					default:
					if (obj.value == "" || obj.value == null){
						alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (alertMsg.length == l_Msg){
			return true;
		}else{
			alert(alertMsg);
			return false;
		}
	}

 

all you need to do is alter the required fields array and the description array to suit your form.