Creating a Maxlength for Multiple Textareas

I have a couple text boxes in a form.  They both require a different amount of lengths.  It reads the one javascript to check it, but not for the second textarea.  How do I get both of them to work.

Here is my Code:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function validate() {
      maxlength=1000;
      if(document.myForm.ldesc.value.length>=maxlength) {
            alert('Your Long Description must be 1000 characters or less');
            document.myForm.ldesc.focus();
            return false;
      } else {
            return true;
      }
}

function validate1() {
      maxlength=250;
      if(document.myForm.bdesc.value.length>=maxlength) {
            alert('Your Brief Description must be 250 characters or less');
            document.myForm.bdesc.focus();
            return false;
      } else {
            return true;
      }
}
//-->
</script>

Here is the form Action:
<cfform name="myForm" action="submitMod2.cfm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" onsubmit="return validate(); return validate1();" >