Change textbox text in JavaScript

Question

I\'m allowing a user to use either one of two textboxes to search a database - one is an ID field, and one is a freetext field. I\'m using ASP.NET with C# btw.

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Answer 1

I +1'ed Jamiec 's answer, but you still have to have some logic for those who don't have JS enabled. Maybe use the ID field as a priority if BOTH field's are populated.

if ((!box1.IsNullOrEmpty) & (!box2.IsNullOrEmpty)) {
    // Evaluate box1 (since box1 is the ID field)
} else {
    if ((!box1.IsNullOrEmpty)) {
        // Evaluate box1
    } else {
        // Evaluate box2
    }
}