Question

I need this function to fail and not do the confirm, or submit the form and stay on the page if the sub function comes back false.

   function doDelete()
{
   if (THIS FAILS!()-STAY ON PAGE!) 
       // do something here
if (confirm("Are you sure you want to update and then delete this hot part?"))
    {
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        return false;
    }
}

Answer 1

Returning false from a form submit callback will result in the page not being submitted. You can also just return the result of the confirm, rather than using an if-else.

function doDelete() {
    if (THIS FAILS!()-STAY ON PAGE!) {
        // do something here
        return false;
    }
    return confirm("Are you sure you want to update and then delete this hot part?");
}