<!-- 
// Sarah Fancher, Webmaster
// University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business
// April 2001
// Validation script for UPDATE Alumni Magazine Search Form

function select(field)
{
		field.focus();
		field.select();
		return false;
}// function select

function is_not_blank(st)
{
	var teststring = String(st);
	var pattern = new RegExp("^\\S+");
	var rvalue;
	rvalue = pattern.test(teststring);
	return (pattern.test(st))

} //function is_not_blank 

function validateQuery()
{
	if (is_not_blank(document.queryform.SearchString.value))
	{
		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		alert("Please enter some text for which you want to search!");
		select (document.queryform.SearchString);
		return false;
	}
} // function validateQuery


function checkForm()
{
  if (validateQuery())
  {
	return true;		
  }
  return false;
}//function checkForm

// -->