Thanks. that looks like the best route to take.just leave the field empty of value and validate against "required".
Much appreciated! Rick From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Web Specialist Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 11:40 AM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Validation rule for Joerns' Plug-in... Sorry. <select name="Category" id="Category" title="Please select something" validate="required:true"> <option value= "">Choose a category</option> < option value="2">Automotive</option> <option value ="3">Medical</option> </select> 2007/10/27, Web Specialist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Rick I'm using Jorn's Form Validation plugin and this approach works fine: <select name="Category" id="Category" title="Please select something" validate="required:true"> <option value= "">Choose a category</option> < option value="">Automotive</option> <option value ="">Medical</option> </select> Cheers Marco Antonio 2007/10/27, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, all. Quesiton: How to validate the selection for a drop-down select input? If choices are: 1 - Choose Category (This is the default selection) 2 - Automotive 3 - Medical If the user doesn't change from "1 - Choose Category " I want an error message instructing them to choose a category. Something like: rules: { trans_category { not equal to: 'Choose Category' } } messages: { trans_category { not equal to : "Please choose a category"} } Anyone have the answer off the top of their head? Thanks, Rick
