Javascript Button & Function For PHP/MySQL Database

I have this PHP page that has the following functions...Insert Form into Table in MySQL DatabaseDelete Entry from Table in MySQL DatabaseA Link to a separate page where I Edit entries I have coded a PHP function for Delete. Looks like this:

// delete if provided        if (isset($_GET['id'])) {        // query to delete        $query = "delete from student where STUDENT_ID =".$_GET['id'];        //execute query        if ($db->query($query)) {

Somewhere else I query the results and print them into a table. I added a column to this table with a Delete link for each row. Clicking on delete will execute the PHP function to delete.

The link looks like this: PHP Code:

echo "<td><a href=".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?id=".$row[0]."></a></td>";

Likewise the first names also have links when clicked bring the user to another page with a form to edit form data.

The link looks like this: PHP Code:

echo "<td><a href='editstudent.php?id=".$row[0]."'>".$row[1]."</a></td>";

From here however I need to change those links to Buttons. One for Delete and another for Edit and use JavaScript functions to make them work as they originally did. So this is what I've done...

<td><form name='myform1'><input type='button' name='edit' value='Edit'
<td><form name='myform2'><input type='button' name='delete' value='Delete'

Next I need to write functions...this is where I am lost. Usually I'd know what to do when referencing elements in forms, i'd do something like document.formname.inputname, but my problem is those links or should I call them actions are replaced by those new buttons.

Should I put them into a form, or make them hidden, and then name the element? Or should my function look something like this...all I really want to do is to call the function, and have the function just do the action of loading the link (don't know if that sounds clear). I've tried to do this but it does not work.

<script>
function Delete()
{
document.myform2.action="href='$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?id=".$row[0]'";
document.myform2.submit();
}
</script>

Can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong, and could you please point me in the right direction?