Help Please

[SniperX]

Hi All, ME AGAIN :D

Here's a question which could go in either the javascript or the cgi forum - so here it goes:

I want to recieve a variable through a javascript prompt and then pass that variable to the .cgi document - something like this....


<script language='javascript'>
<!--
var userName = window.prompt('Enter your name please: ', ' ');
window.location='someScript.cgi?name=userName';
-->
</script>

I have tried that - but it doesn't work.

Any IDEAS ANYONE

Regards and Thanks in ADVANCE....

[Khalid Ali]

I don't see anythng wrong with your code( that could be cus I just woke up..:p )...

this line
window.location='someScript.cgi?name=userName';

you are just passign string userName to your sci script where as you want to send the value contained in the userName variable.This will do

window.location='someScript.cgi?name='+userName;

[vickers_bits]

is it window.location or document.location???

anyways u werent adding the variable to the location
u were going to "someScript.cgi?name=userName"

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var userName = window.prompt("Enter your name please:"',"");
if(!userName) return false;
window.location="someScript.cgi?name="+userName;
--></script>

[Khalid Ali]

Its
window.location.href to be correct...you missed href...that might has to do with it something.but sure in the new code it should work.

[SniperX]

Thanks for all the help...