Re: Re[2]: Form Field Names

by "Gary Krockover" <gary(at)garykrockover.com>

 Date:  Fri, 17 May 2002 18:09:54 -0500
 To:  "Nathan Lyle" <natelyle(at)chartermi.net>,
"HWG Techniques Email List" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 References:  chartermi
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I wonder what passes if you code it as:

"Which%20side%20of%20the%20earth%20is%20the%20moon%20on%20right%20now?"

GK


> > As two examples.  Personally, I think you should name them
> > however you want... whatever will help you remember them
> >  the easiest.
> 
> There's one page I'm working on where it would be nice to include an
> entire sentence as the field name, so that when the person gets the
> form info by email, the answer that's entered makes sense with the
> question without having to look up and match numbers.
> 
> I guess my main question is whether or not a short sentence is
> allright as a field name.
> 
> Example: "Which side of the earth is the moon on right now?"
> 
> > Javascript and most other scripting languages would have a heart
> > attack if you tried referencing an object that started with a number,
> > whether or not it's valid HTML or not.
> 
> I thought I remembered Javascript having issues with spaces in a name,
> too.
> 
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