form.submit()

[Nalum]

Hello all,
I've had a look around but couldn't find an answer to my question.
I'm trying to submit a form using the javascript .submit() function but it doesn't seem to want to work. I'm using Ajax to get a value from a database and put it into a hidden field called destination and then want to submit the form.

Here is my code. The function is called by a button input.

[CODE=javascript]function getDestination( )
{
var dest = $('destination' );
var form = $('hotel_search ');
var destUrl = 'getDestination .php';
var params = 'destinationNam e=' + $('destinationN ame').value;

var ajax = new Ajax.Request
(
destUrl,
{
method: 'post',
postBody: params,
onSuccess:
function(transp ort)
{
var response = transport.respo nseText || '';
dest.value = response;
form.submit();
},
onFailure:
function()
{
alert('Somethin g went wrong...');
}
}
);
}[/CODE]

[acoder]

Show the relevant part of your form.

[Nalum]

Here is a stripped down version of the form

[HTML]
<form id="hotel_searc h" name="hotel_sea rch" action="searchr esults.php" method="post" onsubmit="retur n validateSearch( );">
<input type="hidden" id="destination " name="destinati on" value="" />
<input type="text" id="destination Name" name="destinati onName" value="" />
<input type="button" onclick="getDes tination();" id="submit" name="submit" value="Search">
</form>
[/HTML]

[acoder]

Does the destination value get set as expected?

Are there any errors?

[Nalum]

Hi, the destination value does get set. it all works fine except the form.submit(); part of the javascript.

[acoder]

Hmm.. everything seems fine.

Is it possible for you to post a link to a page where I can see the problem?

[Nalum]

unfortunately no I don't have a host.
I've put in alerts to the script

[code=javascript]
var response = transport.respo nseText || '';
alert("We have a response");
dest.value = response;
alert("destinat ion has it's value"); // It seems to stop here
form.submit();
alert("Form should now have submitted");
[/code]

I'm gonna try doing this

[code=javascript]
var response = transport.respo nseText || '';
alert("We have a response");
dest.value = response;
alert("destinat ion has it's value");
$('hotel_search ').submit();
alert("Form should now have submitted");
[/code]

Edit: No that didn't work either

[acoder]

If you haven't got a link to show, attach the files here.