thanks for your replies, although the problem with having an empty element or an element saying 'Select one of the following' would cause the required="yes" validation not to work as they would still be valid options
is there no way to get the required="yes" validation to work on these cfselect's > hi > > we want to have a drop down box on a form that has attribute > 'required' and a message that displays if no value is select when the > form is submitted > > however, using cfselect automatically makes the first option selected, > but we want the user to physically select an option > > how can we code it so that no option is automatically selected when > the page loads? > > thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326493 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
