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I created a form using javascript and set the name attribute. When i refer to that form using getElementsByName, it doesn’t work. It can only refer with getElementsByTagName. Any idea why?

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var uplform = document.createElement(“form”);
uplform.setAttribute(“action”,”index.php”);
uplform.setAttribute(“method”,”post”);
uplform.setAttribute(“name”,”uplform”);
uplform.setAttribute(“enctype”,”multipart/form-data”);

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var frm = document.getElementsByName(“uplform”); //doesn’t work

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var frm = document.getElementsByTagName(“uplform”); //works

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@JMRKERSep 13.2006 — What's the problem? Just use the one that works! ?

More on a serious note, I think the 'setAttribute' is creating a individual 'tag' element and not a multiple element

(due to getElement[COLOR=Red]s[/COLOR]ByName)

Perhaps you can 'setAttribute' to an 'id' and use the getElementById function instead to test this theory.
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@homer_j_simpsonauthorSep 13.2006 — That form should work with getElementsByName also, cuz i already assigned name attribute. ?
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