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Topic: can JavaScript being called from a link

Posted By: amisima
Subject: can JavaScript being called from a link
Date Posted: 13 August 2003 at 12:33pm

Hi,

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a JavaScript function being called from a link?

I have a delete page, the user types in a word to be deleted form the oracle database. The page then displays the record as a link. The user clicks the link and the record is deleted. I want to have an alert "Are you sure you want to delete?" when the user clicks on the link. Has anyone come across this before?

Thanks,

Amisima

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Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 13 August 2003 at 12:42pm

<a href="whateverthelinkistodelete" onClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete?')">Link Text</a>

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Posted By: amisima
Date Posted: 13 August 2003 at 12:54pm

Thank you for your guick response.
I tryed to add the on click to my link but I got errors. This is my link with out the on click

<%Response.Write ("<a href=""CATS_Term_Record_Deleted.asp?ID_no=" & rs("term_ID") & """>")%>
<td><b>{EN}</b></td>
<td><b><%Response.Write (rs("title")) %></b></td>

this is what I have tryed
<%Response.Write ("<a href=""CATS_Term_Record_Deleted.asp?ID_no=" & rs("term_ID") & onClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete?')"""">")%>

this is my result with the on click

False ' {EN} test
False ' {EN} test

can you give me any advice?

thanks,

amisima

Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 13 August 2003 at 1:05pm

yuck.. you can be a lot neater than that when writing code..

try:

<a href="CATS_Term_Record_Deleted.asp?ID_no=<%= rs("term_ID") %>" onClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete?')">

in your code, you didnt close the "href" parameter

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