Didn't notice the link, jack's right: <input type="text" name="partnum" value=""> should be <input type="text" name="partnum" id="partnum" value="" />
(as you declared your page XHTML 1.0 Transitional, you must close the input element) cheers, - ricardo On Mar 31, 11:18 pm, Jack Killpatrick <j...@ihwy.com> wrote: > When I use firebug to see what's in the HTML I only see: > > <input type="text" value="" name="partnum"/> > > - Jack > > webguy262 wrote: > > Jack > > > I think I've got that, don't I? > > > >From my post... > > >>> <input type="text" name="partnum" id="partnum" readonly> > > > Am I missing something? > > > Jack Killpatrick wrote: > > >> try adding id="partnum" to the form field that has name="partnum". > > >> - Jack > > >> webguy262 wrote: > > >>> webguy262 wrote: > > >>>> I have two forms on a page (www.eastexhaust.com/inventory.php). > > >>>> One uses ajax to generate a part number by selecting values from a > >>>> series > >>>> of selection boxes. > > >>>> The other form emails the part number so we can reply with a quote. > > >>>> Everything works fine in FFox, but does not work in IE. > > >>>> Therefore, I have had to make things harder by asking the user to copy > >>>> and > >>>> paste their part number into the email form instead of having it entered > >>>> there automatically. > > >>>> To display the part number to the user, I'm using this in the JS... > > >>>> document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result; > > >>>> ...and this in the html... > > >>>> To get the variable in the email form, I'm using this in the JS... > > >>>> document.getElementById('partnum').value= result; > > >>>> ...and this in the html... > > >>>> <input type="text" name="partnum" id="partnum" readonly> > > >>>> As I said, this works everywhere but not in IE. > > >>>> How can I use Jquery to make it work across the board? > > >>>> Thanks!