Sunday, 15 September 2013

How to handle HTML with javascript

How to handle HTML with javascript

i'm studying javascript but i can't find some clear reference about how
getting and treat data out of the HTML forms.
Here an example:
THE FORM:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Database Lookup</TITLE>
<script src="basic.js"></script></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Database Lookup</H1>
<FORM action="javascript: submitForm();">
Please enter the ID of the publisher you want to find: <BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="id">
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" value="Submit" > </FORM>
</BODY>
<HTML>
//HERE JAVASCRIPT Javascript BASIC.js:
function submitForm()
{
var idsearched=document.getElementById("id").innerHTML;
document.write("idsearched");
}
I would like to know what i'm doing wrong, because nothing happen when i
click submit. And which is the better solution for handling forms with
javascript?? Using "action"? or which of other attributes?

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