{:action => “does”}, :before => “validate_form()”, :update => “update_div” ) %>
input type="text" name="name" id="name"
div updates here

In my does.rhtml, I am just displaying some text.

this is my javascript code.

function validate_form()
{
var name = document.getElementById(’name’).value;
var errors = “”;
if(name != “kishore”)
{
errors+= “invalid name”;
}
if(errors != “”)
{
alert(errors);
return false;
}
}

When I enter the correct data, the text is getting rendered successfuly but when data is entered incorrectly, the alert message gets displayed and the request is still getting processed and the div is getting updated with the text. Where am I missing the obvious thing? Any help appreciated. thanks in advance.
Can mail the stuff if the code here is obscure.

regards,
venkat

The following combination of the form_remote_tag, :before, and javascript causes the form to still submit and the action to execute.

Mind to have a look and tell me if I am missing something obvious? I am new to ruby on rails , but relatively adept at javascript, I am hoping I am just doing something blatently wrong .. Thanks! Feel free to email me or I can check back here.

# the form tag
“ValidateForm()”,
:url => { :action => “execute” },
…
) %>

# the javascript
function ValidateForm() {
…
return false
}