function validate_search(frm) {
	var result = true;
	var form = document.forms[frm];

	with (form) {
		if (validate_search_query(q, "Please fill in a search criteria using alpha numeric characters only.") == false)
		{ q.focus(); return false; result = false; }
	}
	return result;
}
function validate_search_query(field, alerttxt) {
	//var reg = /^([A-Za-z]{3,})$/;
	//var reg = /^([a-z]+(\'|-|\.\s|\s)?[a-z]*[0-9]){3,}$/i
	var reg = /^\s*[a-zA-Z0-9,\s]+\s*$/;
	with (field) {
		if (reg.test(value) == false)
		{ alert(alerttxt); return false; }
		else { return true }
	}
}