password validation

I am trying to validate input from the user.

The problem is that the field has ******** in the password field.

If I validate using javascript, to check for a blank field, it is not blank.

How can I detect that the user has not yet entered a value or the field has been unchanged.

I want to keep the asterisks to keep the password invisible to onlookers.

The html for the field looks like this:

<td><input type="password" name="Password" size="33" maxlength="45" value="{Password}"/></td>

The javascript validation is like this:

if(frm.password.value==""){

alert("Password is a required field and cannot be blank.");

frm.password.focus();

return false;

}

Thanks.

[764 byte] By [threshold_j_toth] at [2007-9-30 19:41:01]