Form not sent

Question

I have this if statement in a form
<cfif #URL.Type# IS "Edit">
<input type="button" value="Edit message"
onClick="validate()" name="Edit">
<cfelseif #URL.Type# IS "Delete">
<input type="submit" value="Delete message"
name="Delete">
</cfif>
where validate() is a javascript function that submits the
form.
<script type="text/javascript">
function validate(){
document.form.submit();
</script>
however, this is not working, i used a submit type button
instead of the validate function and it worked, but i need the
submission to be done in the javascript function and not as a
submit button.
any help??
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Any one of these should work:
<script type="text/javascript">
function validate() {
document.test_form.submit();
// document.forms[0].submit();
// document.forms["test_form"].submit();
// document.getElementById("testForm").submit();
</script>
<form name="test_form" id="testForm"
action="actionPage.cfm" method="post">
<input type="button" value="Edit message"
onClick="validate();" name="Edit">
</form>