value from getElementById()

[DrKen]

I coded the function below:
<script type="text/javascript">
function createCookie(name,days)
{
if (days)
{
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
}
else
var expires = "";

var value = document.getElementById("USERID");
var idMessage = "The user id is: " + value;
alert(idMessage);
document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
return false;
}


</script>

I have this in my HTML:

<input type="text" name="USERID" id="USERID"/>

When I submit the page in Firefox, I get this on the alert dialog box:
The user id is: [object HTMLInputElement]
I expected to get the contents of USERID back. Why didn't that work?
Thanks.

Ken

 

[Dr.Kral]

I coded the function below:
<script type="text/javascript">
function createCookie(name,days)
{
if (days)
{
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
}
else
var expires = "";

var value = document.getElementById("USERID");

Perhaps you might specify a property to get.

var idMessage = "The user id is: " + value;
alert(idMessage);
document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
return false;
}


</script>

I have this in my HTML:

<input type="text" name="USERID" id="USERID"/>

When I submit the page in Firefox, I get this on the alert dialog box:
The user id is: [object HTMLInputElement]
I expected to get the contents of USERID back. Why didn't that work?

It did exactly what you told it to do.