# Why wont this form submit?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-this-form-submit/183287
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [March 25, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-this-form-submit/183287 "2006-03-25T15:15:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Zaid\_W1red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zaid\_W1red](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaid_W1red)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-this-form-submit/183287/1 "2006-03-25T15:15:27Z")

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Hey guys,  
Ive been building a load of forms recently…layed out in tables.

Ive had no problems so far…except with this one…it just WILL NOT submit…can anyone suggest what im dooin wrong?

```auto
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"><form name="form1" method="post" action="index.php?section=polls&submit" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" nowrap class="content"><h3>Submit Poll// </h3></td>
    <td nowrap class="content"><h3>View Results // </h3></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="172" nowrap class="content">Poll Question: </td>
    <td width="100" class="content"><input name="question" type="text" id="question" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"><select name="menu1" onChange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0)">
      <option>Select:</option>
    </select></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="172" nowrap class="content">Possible Answers: </td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer1" type="text" id="answer1" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer2" type="text" id="answer2" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer3" type="text" id="answer3" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer4" type="text" id="answer4" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td nowrap class="content"><input name="answer5" type="text" id="answer5" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer6" type="text" id="answer6" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer7" type="text" id="answer7" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer8" type="text" id="answer8" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer9" type="text" id="answer9" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td class="content"><input name="answer10" type="text" id="answer10" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td nowrap class="content"></td>
    <td align="right" class="content"><input name="posterid" type="hidden" id="posterid" value="<? echo $_SESSION['posterid']; ?>"/>
      <input name="submit" type="button" id="submit" value="Save" class="admin"></td>
    <td class="content"></td>
  </tr>
  
  </form>
</table>

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### Author: ![Zaid\_W1red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zaid\_W1red](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaid_W1red)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-this-form-submit/183287/2 "2006-03-25T15:19:14Z")

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4give me…I had the wrong button type attribute set.

Think I have form fever! :puzzled: