function ValidateSearchRequest(f) 
{
	if((f.txtDesc.value!= '') && (f.txtDesc.value!="Enter keyword of item #"))
	{
		// car 05June2007 - need to set the form action to /qsearch/search.aspx, and there needs to be
		// NO query string variables. so we have to make sure qic does not rewrite this form action
		var searchUrl = "http://www.qvc.com/qsearch/search.aspx";
		f.action = searchUrl;
		return true;
	} else 
	{
		alert("Please enter one or more search words before clicking SEARCH.");return false;
	}
}