Thanks for the tip.
Well,
my problem came from that parseInt() did not do the expected job. Like in:
field1 = parseInt( thisform.field1.value ) + parseInt(
thisform.field2.value ) ;
If you happen to know the reason, I would love to know.
Ignatius
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Taylor" <simon.taylor@afritol.co.za>
To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: RE: Javascript
> The reason for this is these fields are regarded as text and unless you
> specify number(variable) it may treat it as text.. When
> Field1='0'
> Field2='1'
> Field3='2'
>
> Field1+Field2+Field3 = '012'
>
> If you use
> Field1=Number('0')
> Field2=Number('1')
> Field3=Number('2')
>
> Field1+field2+field3 = 3
>
> Cheers
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ignatius Reilly [mailto:ignatius.reilly@free.fr]
> Sent: 11 October 2002 15:48
> To: Shahmat Dahlan; php-db@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: Javascript
>
>
> I have met this problem before.
>
> The only solution I have found is to assign "0" values to the INPUT tags:
> <input type="text" name="field1" addChange="add();" value="0">
>
> HTH
> Ignatius
> ____________________________________________
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shahmat Dahlan" <shahmatd@sains.com.my>
> To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:34 AM
> Subject: Javascript
>
>
> > My question might have anything to do with PHP but I have the
> > following
> > scenario:
> >
> > Say I have four fields
> > field1 : XXXXXXXXXXXX
> > field2 : XXXXXXXXXXXX
> > field3 : XXXXXXXXXXXX
> > field4 : XXXXXXXXXXXX
> >
> > And a total sum field, which is a total sum of the value of the
> > expression, totalsum = field1 + field2 + field3 + field4
> > Total sum : XXXXXXXXXXX
> >
> > You would need to use Javascript to extract the value of field1,
> > field2,
> > field3, field4, initiated by the Javascript onChange event.
> >
> > The HTML codes should look like this:
> > <input type="text" name="field1" addChange="add();">
> > <input type="text" name="field2" addChange="add();">
> > <input type="text" name="field3" addChange="add();">
> > <input type="text" name="field4" addChange="add();">
> > <input type="text" name="totalsum">
> >
> > So the add function snippet that I have:
> >
> > function add()
> > {
> > var thisform=document.forms[0];
> > var field1=thisform.field1.value;
> > var field2=thisform.field2.value;
> > var field3=thisform.field3.value;
> > var field4=thisform.field4.value;
> > var totalqty=field1+field2+field3+field4;
> > thisform.totalsum.value=totalqty;
> > }
> >
> > But all I got is a NaN which means Not A Number. I understand that you
> > solve this by using the parseInt Javascript function.
> > But still all i get is a NaN value.
> >
> > Would appreciate if someone could help me out on this.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
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