i am validating a form . I have client side java script to validate fields. ONe field on form is non-editable
and i get the value of this non editable from a stored procedure and put it into the form. I need to validate a text box on this
same form against this non editable field. The problem is that I have to compare this text box field(client side)
to a server side value. When I insert code like this if (Frmcontactnewfcs.Txtreleasemailto.value != '<%("Contractors")%>')
in the javascript it doesn't take it. THe java script doesnt recognize this is a server side value. how do i do this? thanks
for any help.

can you post some more of your ASP code so that we can assist you ?

ok i will explain it in detail since the code is big so its hard to paste here . but i will paste whatever i can. thanks!

there is form which gets one of the form values from the store procedures like this.this field is uneditable.

<form id="Frmcontactnewfcs" style="MARGIN: 0px" onsubmit="return validateform();" method =post>

<th>
                                    Future Contractors</th>
                                <td class="data" noWrap input id = "futurecontractors" name= "futurecontractors"><%=futurecontractor%></td>


--another field on the form is a textbox which the user fills it. Once the value is filled I need to validate it. This value must be greater than futurecontractor(shown in code above).
so to do this i first request.form("futurecontractors") then

i have written a client side java script . LIke this


<script language="javascript">

function validateform()


     i need to check if this textbox is > futurecontractors


  if (Frmcontactnewfcs.Txtreleasemailto.value > chk with value that i got from request.form(futurecontractors) but i cant do this because thats server side which cant be inserted here in java scripts) {
        alert ('Please enter a number less than future contractors.);
        return false;
        }

Try this. Hope that helps.
Cheers!

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- Vijay G
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yes thats what i was doing requesting that variable and then
comparing it in the function . but i dont think it seems to work in javascripts. it doesnt recognize eval('<%=strfuturecontractors%>')

How do you say that it doesn't recognize eval? eval is a Javascript function.

Do you face any error? How about posting the error that you could see than saying "I don't think it seems to work"?

If you are using IE, then at the bottom on the left-side in the status bar, you could see an exclamation symbol if javascript throws any error, double click if that shows up there, that should display a popup with the error.

What value does "Frmcontactnewfcs.Txtreleasemailto.value" hold?

_________________________
- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection

Hi
What i feel is , we dont need any eval function over there..
Thanks
Suresh Babu

Yes, it may or may not be used. But, basically what eval does is, it executes the string passed as parameter to it and is used when you want to execute some dynamic code.

Though, it works fine without it too here.

Cheers!

_________________________
- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection