Index: lams_central/web/includes/javascript/common.js
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diff -u -rf81237e7d271691afab5b1472f2df07457292772 -re726a637db2ccc27aded0f996465b3620dec410c
--- lams_central/web/includes/javascript/common.js	(.../common.js)	(revision f81237e7d271691afab5b1472f2df07457292772)
+++ lams_central/web/includes/javascript/common.js	(.../common.js)	(revision e726a637db2ccc27aded0f996465b3620dec410c)
@@ -45,4 +45,32 @@
 				target.value=srcV.replace(/\n/g,"<BR>");
 			
 		}
+	}
+	function trimAll( strValue ) {
+		 var replaceExpr = /^(\s*)$/;
+
+	    //check for all spaces
+	    if(replaceExpr.test(strValue)) {
+	       strValue = strValue.replace(replaceExpr, '');
+	       if( strValue.length == 0)
+	          return strValue;
+	    }
+	
+	   //check for leading & trailing spaces
+	   replaceExpr = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/;
+	   if(replaceExpr.test(strValue)) {
+	       //remove leading and trailing whitespace characters
+	       strValue = strValue.replace(replaceExpr, '$2');
+	    }
+	  return strValue;
+	}
+	
+	function isEmpty( strValue ) {
+	
+	   var strTemp = strValue;
+	   strTemp = trimAll(strTemp);
+	   if(strTemp.length > 0){
+	     return false;
+	   }
+	   return true;
 	}
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