Action From An Alert Box

[Slartybartfast]

I have a link that when clicked does something on another machine, and it
all works fine.
<a href=http://www.remotedomain.com/cgi-bin/task.cgi?identifier>Do That
Thing</a>

But I thought it might be a good idea to verify the user is wants to do it
(and didn't click on the link by accident), so I added the following
javascript:


<script language="JavaScript">
function doit() {
if(confirm('Do you really want to do that thing?'))
{ decision.value =
'http://www.remotedomain.com/cgi-bin/task.cgi?identifier;' submit(); }
}

</script>



<a href="javascript:doit()">Do That Thing</a>

The alert box pops up fine, but I've tried a bunch of different things and I
can't get the link to work when the user clicks on the OK button.

Can someone please give me an idea what's wrong?

 

[Charles Banas]

i'll try preempting the experts and see how i fare.

I have a link that when clicked does something on another machine, and it
all works fine.
<a href=http://www.remotedomain.com/cgi-bin/task.cgi?identifier>Do That
Thing</a>

But I thought it might be a good idea to verify the user is wants to do
it
(and didn't click on the link by accident), so I added the following
javascript:


<script language="JavaScript">
function doit() {
if(confirm('Do you really want to do that thing?'))
{ decision.value =
'http://www.remotedomain.com/cgi-bin/task.cgi?identifier;' submit(); }
}

</script>



<a href="javascript:doit()">Do That Thing</a>

The alert box pops up fine, but I've tried a bunch of different things
and I
can't get the link to work when the user clicks on the OK button.

Can someone please give me an idea what's wrong?

try doing it this way:

<a href="http://www.remotedomain.com/cgi-bin/task.cgi?identifier"
onclick="confirm('Do you really want to do that thing?');">Do That
Thing</a>

since confirm() returns true or false, true will allow the link to continue
and false will abort it.

now. let's see what i did wrong. i know i missed something.

 

[Richard Cornford]

<a href="http://www.remotedomain.com/cgi-bin/task.cgi?identifier"
onclick="confirm('Do you really want to do that thing?');">Do
That Thing</a>

since confirm() returns true or false, true will allow the link to
continue and false will abort it.

now. let's see what i did wrong. i know i missed something.

You forgot to return a value from the onclick handler. With out a return
value the navigation will not be cancelled:-

onclick="return confirm('Do . . . thing?');"

Richard.

 

[Charles Banas]

The experts would add a "return" in front of the call to "confirm"

... onclick="return confirm(...)"

pah. i knew it. i always forget something.

To know what it is that you do not know, is a kind of omniscience.
/L

too bad i'm not God, eh.

 

[Slartybartfast]

Thank you guys. It works like a charm.

As for the POST vs. Get; it makes sense. I'm looking into it. Thanks. I