function validateForm() {
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Validate Information
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    if (isWhitespace(document.rate.origin_city.value)) {
        alert("Please enter the origin city.");
        document.rate.origin_city.focus();
        return false;
    }
    if (isWhitespace(document.rate.origin_state.value)) {
        alert("Please enter the origin state.");
        document.rate.origin_state.focus();
        return false;
    }
	 if (isWhitespace(document.rate.destination_city.value)) {
        alert("Please enter the destination city.");
        document.rate.destination_city.focus();
        return false;
    }
    if (isWhitespace(document.rate.destination_state.value)) {
        alert("Please enter the destination state.");
        document.rate.destination_state.focus();
        return false;
    }
	if (isWhitespace(document.rate.load_weight.value)) {
        alert("Please enter the weight.");
        document.rate.load_weight.focus();
        return false;
    }
	if (isWhitespace(document.rate.load_commodity.value)) {
        alert("Please enter the commodity.");
        document.rate.load_commodity.focus();
        return false;
    }
    if (isWhitespace(document.rate.load_frequency.value)) {
        alert("Please enter the load frequency.");
        document.rate.load_frequency.focus();
        return false;
    }
	if (isWhitespace(document.rate.email.value)) {
        alert("Please enter an email address.");
        document.rate.email.focus();
        return false;
    }
	
	document.rate.action = "rate_confirmation.jsp";
    document.rate.submit();
    return true;

}