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id vs name of a textbox
MUBEEZI M 

13 years ago
Dear Richard,

Under what circumstances can i use name or id of a form control?

I just noticed that i get mixed results when i use the getElementByid in javascript. For instance, if a control has a name property and not id, it throws errors at times. if i rename all my controls to id instead of name, would it be dangerous in any way?

MICAH


Reply from Richard Rost:

Micah, when in doubt, just use both. Whenever I know I'm going to be using JavaScript with a form control, I assign it both an ID and a NAME.

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