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multiple submit buttons

Mar 27th, 2009

hi !
how can i use multiple submit buttons in the same form

i want to pass form values to different pages depending on which of the two submit button is clicked...
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Re: multiple submit buttons

Mar 28th, 2009

you will need to probably use javascript for that..

alternatively... give your submit buttons diferent values and retrieve them on a "splitter" page..

request("sumbit1") etc

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Re: multiple submit buttons

Mar 30th, 2009

ya........ found a javascript code...

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<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
function OnSubmitForm()
{
  if(document.pressed == 'Insert')
  {
   document.myform.action ="insert.html";
  }
  else
  if(document.pressed == 'Update')
  {
    document.myform.action ="update.html";
  }
  return true;
}
</SCRIPT>
 
 
<FORM name="myform" onSubmit="return OnSubmitForm();">
 
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" name="Operation" onClick="document.pressed=this.value" VALUE="Insert">
 
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" name="Operation" onClick="document.pressed=this.value" VALUE="Update">
 
</FORM>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
function OnSubmitForm()
{
  if(document.pressed == 'Insert')
  {
   document.myform.action ="insert.html";
  }
  else
  if(document.pressed == 'Update')
  {
    document.myform.action ="update.html";
  }
  return true;
}
</SCRIPT>


<FORM name="myform" onSubmit="return OnSubmitForm();">

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" name="Operation" onClick="document.pressed=this.value" VALUE="Insert">

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" name="Operation" onClick="document.pressed=this.value" VALUE="Update">

</FORM>