Unfortunately I havnt gotten it to work yet. Am I missing something ? PS the query works without the closewindow() <? include ('dbconn.php'); if(isset($submit)) { $query = "INSERT INTO `comments` ( `track_id`, `cat_comments` ) VALUES ( '0', '$comm' );"; mysql_query ($query, $link ); } ?> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <form action="comp_page3.php" method="POST"> Enter your details here:<br> <textarea name="comm" rows="15" cols="30"></textarea><br> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Close and Save" onClick="return window.close();"> </form> </body> </html> On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 14:44, Micah Stevens wrote: > The window.close(); function is not returning control to the form after > closing the window. You must tell it to do so. Use: > > onClick="return window.close();" > > This will return the window.close() value to the submit button so that > it can do its thing after the window has been closed. > > Use the same thing for the other form items too. > > Hope this helps. > -Micah > > > > On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 12:31, Mignon Hunter wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > Has anyone had any problems using the onClick="window.close();" > > function within a input type = "submit" ? > > > > I'm trying > > > > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" > > onClick="window.close();"> > > > > But evidently it's reading the close before the submit because the value > > of my form var is not being passed. > > > > I have also tried it in conjunction with a hidden field too. > > > > <input type="hidden" value="<?echo $comm;?>"> > > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" > > onClick="window.close();"> > > > > If I dont use the onclick() the variable gets passed and/or entered into > > db just fine. > > > > Curious if anyone has had this problem or if anyone has any ideas...Thx > > Mignon > > -- > Raincross Technologies > Development and Consulting Services > http://www.raincross-tech.com > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php