Anchor tag calling Javascript function

[carina caoor]

Hi I am calling a javascrit function from anchor tag ... my problem is whatever the function return back anchor tag transfer the control to a new window, but i dont want this to hapen .... the jsp containing anchor tag has form fields and i am doing the validations of these form fields by calling a function present in javascript on clicking anchor tag.

test.jsp

Status:
<INPUT TYPE="RADIO" NAME="payment" ID="payment1" value="All"><LABEL ID="payment41">All</LABEL>
<INPUT TYPE="RADIO" NAME="payment" ID="payment2" value="Wet Connected"><LABEL ID="payment42">Self Connected</LABEL>
<INPUT TYPE="RADIO" NAME="payment" ID="payment3" value="Deemed Connected"><LABEL ID="payment43">Deemed Connected</LABEL>

<A class="button"   ID='getcustomer'><span class='bcolor'>List Records</span></A> 




test.js


function listRecords()

{


	var constatus='';var count=0;
	
	for(k=0;k<document.FAForm1.payment.length;k++)
	{
		if(document.FAForm1.payment[k].checked==true){
		constatus=document.FAForm1.environment[k].value;
	
	   count=count+1;
		}
		
		if(count==0)
		{
		alert("Please Select Connection Status!");
		return false;
		}
	}
	
}

here when any of the radio button is not selected the function returns false and the anchor tag display false as output in the window.. which i dont want ... Can anybody suggest me how do i make the anchor tag behave like a button.....

Also here i am using anchor tag because instead of using normal html buttons i created a fancy button using anchor tag. and now i need to use anchor tags evrywhere to invoke javascript functions.
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[carina caoor]

simple got it just need to add onClick instead of HREF

<A class="button"   ID='getcustomer'><span class='bcolor'>List Records</span></A>