Form submission uses only the element name; jQuery and other
JavaScript/DHTML references, as well as HTML certification, require a
unique ID.
These 2 can be set independently and still work correctly.
As Klaus said, having the IDs as non-unique is adding problems for yourself.
If you can get the database to generate the form element's "*name*" tag
but add some sort of unique prefix/suffix to the form's "*id*" tag, you
should be OK; simply reference the unique ID (prefix/suffix + the
original name) when using jQuery.
L
Klaus Hartl wrote:
> Jeremy Dill schrieb:
>
>> I am working on an application which uses a jquery to show and hide
>> preloaded layers sort of like netvibes.com. Another aspect of my
>> application involves dynamic creation of forms. When these forms are
>> created, they are given an ID based on an ID in the database.
>>
>> It all worked out great before I went with the layering idea. The
>> problem now is that I am often loading the same form elements on
>> different layers, and therefore the standard selector method of
>> $("#InputElementID") will not work since there are duplicate ID's hidden
>> in the background (in forms with different ID's).
>>
>> So,
>>
>> 1) Do you think it will be reasonable to use a different selector method
>> to access the Input elements based on a combination of form ID and
>> element ID, rather than strictly by element id? If so, what syntax
>> should I use? I have tried the context selector $('#InputID',
>> myFormObj) without much success. Is there a better method?
>>
>> Or,
>>
>> 2) Am I crazy to be creating a page containing duplicate elements even
>> though they are contained in different forms?
>>
>
>
> Yes to number 2) ;-)
>
> An id serves as a *unique* identifier and as such it is supposed to be
> unique in a document. Scripting on top of an invalid HTML document won't
> make your life any easier.
>
> That said, I strongly recommend another solution (creating valid, e.g.
> unique ids, use classes) but maybe you can get away with that:
>
> $('#formId #inputId')
>
> or (slower)
>
> $('#formId [EMAIL PROTECTED]"inputId"]')
>
> Again, you should consider this as a *dirty hack* and search for a
> proper solution.
>
>
> -- Klaus
>
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