Yes, web2py supports Javascript functions (you can do whatever you want on the client side). In a couple places, your code has the wrong kind of quotes -- instead of " you have ”. In particular:
onSubmit=”return textFieldValidation();” should be: onSubmit="return textFieldValidation();" and <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”javascript”> should be: <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript"> Actually, the language attribute has been deprecated -- so it should really just be: <script> Anthony On Friday, August 24, 2012 2:35:52 AM UTC-4, Amit wrote: > > Hi, > I have html file with one text field with submit button inside form.I > added javascript code to validate the textfield but its not working at all, > why is it so? does web2py not support javascript function? > > please check below the code : > > <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”javascript”> > function textFieldValidation() > { > var x=document.forms["text_form"]["test_textField"].value > if (x==null || x==""||x=="00:00:00:00:00:00") > { > alert("text field should not be empty"); > return false; > } > } > </SCRIPT> > > > In form tag: > > <form method="post" name="text_form" onSubmit=”return textFieldValidation > ();”> > <table> > <tr> > <td align="middle">Enter value:</td> > <td align="left"><input value="00:00:00:00:00:00" maxlength="17" > name=test_textField></td></tr> > > <tr> > <td > align=middle><input value="Continue" type="Submit" name="Continue" > ></td></tr> > </table> > </form> > > > > --