The blank option comes through as a part of the CFC results... however I found the solution yesterday on a couple of different blogs. Apparently the coding that Adobe used for the CFForm.js validation script is only initially built to handle the MULTI select when facing a required. I had to modify it to correct the problem, as noted here:
http://www.beetrootstreet.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/8/CFFORM-doesnt-catch-unselected-dropdown-lists-when-requiredtrue Hatton On Jan 25, 2008 6:28 AM, Azadi Saryev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and where's you blank option which is required for the 'required' > attribute to work? > > --- > Azadi Saryev > Sabai-dee.com > http://www.sabai-dee.com > > > > > C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > I'm working on a CFForm with a CFSelect that is required. According > > to the LiveDocs you the required attribute requires a blank option to > > work... I've got the element, I have required="Yes" and I have a > > message element but it's still not validating on submit. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Here's the <cfselect> in question, the blank option is built into the > > recordset. > > > > <cfif Evaluate("ThisRecord.#ListGetAt(variables.FormColumnList, x)#") EQ 0> > > <cfset SelectedElement = " "> > > <cfelse> > > <cfset SelectedElement = > > Evaluate("ThisRecord.#ListGetAt(variables.FormColumnList, x)#")> > > </cfif> > > <cfselect enabled="Yes" name="#ListGetAt(variables.FormColumnList, x)#" > > query="selectdata" > > value="#ListFirst(ListGetAt(variables.FormMaxLengthList, x), "~")#" > > display="#ListLast(ListGetAt(variables.FormMaxLengthList, x), "~")#" > > selected="#SelectedElement#" > > required="Yes" > > message="#ListGetAt(variables.FormMessageList, x)#" > > style="font-size: 12px;"></cfselect> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
