Question

the script is not working:
please find the reason n remedy?

function validate() {
        if(document.complain.complain.value == '' || document.complain.complain_subject.value == ''){
            alert("Hey! you can't left a field blank!");
            return false;
        }
 else if(document.complain.complain.length >100) {

            alert("Sorry!post the complain within 100 characters");
            return false;
            }

        else{
            return true;
        }

    }

the form is:

<form name="complain" method="POST" action="complains.jsp" onsubmit="return validate();">
<table>
    <tr>
        <td><input type="text" name="complain_subject"
            value="Complain Subject here" maxlength="30"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><textarea rows="6" name="complain" cols="73"
            value="Complain body here" maxlength="100"></textarea></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><input type="submit" value="complain" name="operation"><input
            type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"></td>
    </tr>
</table>
</form>

Answer 1

Check for

document.complain.complain.value.length

or

document.getElementById ( "complain" ).value.length

Also I don’t think there is a maxlength attribute to textareas.