[SOLVED] Is it ok for an HTML element to have the same [name] as its [id]?

Is it ok for an HTML element to have the same [name] as its [id]?

I'm working on embedding a flash app in a webpage using the Satay method:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="embeddy.swf"
id="embeddy" name="embeddy">
  <param name="movie" value="embeddy.swf" />
</object>

I want flash to provide the correct objectID in ExternalInterface.objectID, which means I need to set both the name and id attributes for the object.

Normally I try to avoid naming collisions with elements in HTML, but is there anything wrong with setting both attributes to the same value in this case?

What about HTML forms? Does anyone feel that it's worthwhile to set a(n) ( input | select | textarea ) element's name and id attributes to the same value?

Solution

You use IDs for JavaScript manipulation.

You use Names for form field submission.

The two are not related. So setting both to the same value is OK, but it is not required.