error console says document.forms[0].submit not a function

[pantagruel]

As per the subject line,
Firefox's error console says document.forms[0].submit is not a
function.
the javascript is

function makequery(param){
document.forms[0].qu.value=param;
document.forms[0].submit();
}

called by clicking on a link with a javascript url.

the value of qu gets changed correctly.


this same thing happens if I use the name of the form, which is main.

document.main.submit() is not a function.

 

[Lee]

pantagruel said:

As per the subject line,
Firefox's error console says document.forms[0].submit is not a
function.
the javascript is

function makequery(param){
document.forms[0].qu.value=param;
document.forms[0].submit();
}

The error is in your HTML.
You've named something "submit", haven't you?
If you name a control "submit", then document.forms[0].submit
refers to that control, not the function.
Change the name.


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[pantagruel]

pantagruel said:

As per the subject line,
Firefox's error console says document.forms[0].submit is not a
function.
the javascript is

function makequery(param){
document.forms[0].qu.value=param;
document.forms[0].submit();
}

The error is in your HTML.
You've named something "submit", haven't you?
If you name a control "submit", then document.forms[0].submit
refers to that control, not the function.
Change the name.

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hmm thanks, I think that's right. The page I'm working on is generated
from somewhere else and I'm adding to it via a proxy but I think the
button doing the submitting is named submit.