I have never made it work with <CFSELECT>.  I always use a separate validation
routine that allows me to validate it the way its supposed to.
It would be nice if <CFSELECT> had a real validation routine that worked.
Mary


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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Using CFFORM and its tags, you can make certain fields in the form "required".
> The "required" option works best for <CFINPUT>, it doesn't work well for
> <CFSELECT>

Tell me about it.  I'm trying, has anyone made it work?  want to know how...
Here is my *nonworking* code for a State/Province <CFSELECT>
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<TD>
<FONT FACE="arial,helvetica" COLOR="#0000A0">State / Province:</FONT>
<BR><cfselect name="State" message="Please choose your State or Province."
required="Yes">
    <option></option>
    <option  value="AL">AL</option>
                <option  value="AK">AK</option>
                <option  value="AZ">AZ</option>
                <option  value="AR">AR</option>
                <option  value="CA">CA</option>
                <option  value="CO">CO</option>
                <option  value="CT">CT</option>
    <option  value="DC">DC</option>
                <option  value="DE">DE</option>
                <option  value="FL">FL</option>
                <option  value="GA">GA</option>
                <option  value="HI">HI</option>
                <option  value="ID">ID</option>
                <option  value="IL">IL</option>
                <option  value="IN">IN</option>
                <option  value="IA">IA</option>
                <option  value="KS">KS</option>
                <option  value="KY">KY</option>
                <option  value="LA">LA</option>
                <option  value="ME">ME</option>
                <option  value="MD">MD</option>
                <option  value="MA">MA</option>
                <option  value="MI">MI</option>
                <option  value="MN">MN</option>
                <option  value="MS">MS</option>
                <option  value="MO">MO</option>
                <option  value="MT">MT</option>
                <option  value="NE">NE</option>
                <option  value="NV">NV</option>
                <option  value="NH">NH</option>
                <option  value="NJ">NJ</option>
                <option  value="NM">NM</option>
                <option  value="NY">NY</option>
                <option  value="NC">NC</option>
                <option  value="ND">ND</option>
                <option  value="OH">OH</option>
                <option  value="OK">OK</option>
                <option  value="OR">OR</option>
                <option  value="PA">PA</option>
                <option  value="RI">RI</option>
                <option  value="SC">SC</option>
                <option  value="SD">SD</option>
                <option  value="TN">TN</option>
                <option  value="TX">TX</option>
                <option  value="UT">UT</option>
                <option  value="VT">VT</option>
                <option  value="VA">VA</option>
                <option  value="WA">WA</option>
                <option  value="WV">WV</option>
                <option  value="WI">WI</option>
                <option  value="WY">WY</option>
             <option  value="--">--
    <option  value="AB">AB</option>
    <option  value="BC">BC</option>
    <option  value="MB">MB</option>
    <option  value="NB">NB</option>
    <option  value="NF">NF</option>
    <option  value="NS">NS</option>
    <option  value="NT">NT</option>
    <option  value="ON">ON</option>
    <option  value="PE">PE</option>
    <option  value="PQ">PQ</option>
    <option  value="SK">SK</option>
    <option  value="YT">YT</option>
</cfselect>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="State_required" VALUE="Please choose your State or
Province.">
</TD>
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Do you know the answer?
___

Eva


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