I have a form where the user has the option of deleting an item from a database. I have the following Javascript function set up:


function DeleteMe() {
if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to delete the selected project?")){
document.forms[0].submit();
}else{
return false
}
}

In the form, I have the following set for the Delete button:


<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="Button" VALUE="Continue">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="Button" VALUE="Save">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="Button" VALUE="Delete" ONCLICK="DeleteMe()">

On my action page, I have the following code set up:


<IF IsDefined ("form.button")>
do this
<ELSE>
do that
</IF>


If the user selects "Cancel" on the confirm message, nothing happens (as is expected). However, when the user selects "OK", the ELSE statement gets invoked. How do I get it under the initial IF statement?

Hi ecojohnson,

My question is which "Else" statement? The confirm code, as posted, is correct (I personally don't use braces if there's only one statement).

If you mean this statement:

<ELSE>
do that


Your problem may have to do with the buttons themselves. Since they are all named the same 'Button', they should probably be referenced as an array. Also, you will note that their first letter is upper case, and you use:
<IF IsDefined ("form.button")>

Finally, 'form' had best be the name of the form itself. And not knowing the IsDefined function, I don't know if you are appending the 'document' (it is a DOM -- document.object.method)

So, my guess is:

<IF IsDefined("document.formName.Button[x]") where formName is the name you give your form (else you can use forms[x]) and x is the index of the button your are testing.

Vinny

Hi Vincent.

Thanks for your reply.

Well, you are right on all accounts. However, what I failed to supply to you was that all of this is within a CFFORM tag (I am using ColdFusion).

I am thinking that this is the problem. I have to use form instead of the real form name or it won't work (due to using CFFORM). I guess I will try to find the information out using a ColdFusion forum. Thanks for your help!