# Calling javascript in submit

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/calling-javascript-in-submit/19192>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [October 12, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/calling-javascript-in-submit/19192 "2007-10-12T13:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tore\_Darell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Tore\_Darell](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Tore_Darell)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/calling-javascript-in-submit/19192/1 "2007-10-12T13:31:19Z")

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You should probably call it onsubmit:

\<form onsubmit="validate()"\>