A Curious Submit problem

Hi All,

I have a very odd problem when trying to submit a form via javascript.

The only thing I can see that might make a difference is that the target is an "https://" and not an "http"

I'm using a picture as the submit button.
In the <img is an onclick='submitit()'

The form in the html looks like this...

HTML Code:

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<form name='theform' id='theform' action='https://www.thetarget.com/whatever' method='GET' target='_self'>
<!-- some fields -->
</form>

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The submitit() function looks like this...

HTML Code:

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function submitit()
{
  //do some stuff here to validate
  //alert the validation result... shows the alert so there's nothing in the function to that point preventing it from working.
  document.getElementById('theform').submit();
}

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I can't see any reason why that doesn't work.
Note that I've also tried
theform.submit(), but that doesn't work either.

However, if I put a submit button on the form and click that instead, it works.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
CTB