i suggest for this line
<option value="">Select something</option>
you assign the value of "0"
in order to retrieve this value use the following js
<script>
$(function() {
$("select").click(function() {
var value = $(this).val();
if(val != 0) {
// do what you need to do
} else {
alert("you have not selected an option");
}
});
});
</script>
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Loony2nz <loony...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I need some help with jquery's syntax for how to pop an error message
> when a select field is blank.
>
> There's a form that uses the same css class for all of it's form
> fields. However, I would like to check to see if at least one section
> of the form is not "blank".
>
> Here's my code:
>
> <div id="schoolchoices">
> <select name="9378_choice" class="schoolDropList">
> <option value="">Select something</option>
> <option value="10">10</option>
> <option value="20">20</option>
> <option value="30">30</option>
> <option value="40">40</option>
> <option value="50">50</option>
> </select>
> <br /><br />
> <select name="3483_choice" class="schoolDropList">
> <option value="">Select something</option>
> <option value="10">10</option>
> <option value="20">20</option>
> <option value="30">30</option>
> <option value="40">40</option>
> <option value="50">50</option>
> </select>
> <br /><br />
> <select name="2384_choice" class="schoolDropList">
> <option value="">Select something</option>
> <option value="10">10</option>
> <option value="20">20</option>
> <option value="30">30</option>
> <option value="40">40</option>
> <option value="50">50</option>
> </select>
> </div>
>
> I need to check to see if at least one of the above is not "blank".
> Here's the catch. The list of school choices is variable. It can be
> 1 school choice, it could be 4 school choices. But it's dynamically
> generated and I need to create a jquery js function that will validate
> at least 1 of the x school choices are chosen. The value of the
> select statement is dynamically generated to use the school's database
> ID.
>
> There are other form elements to this sample code, but I only need
> this section of the form validated.
>
> Thoughts on how to progress?
>
> Thanks!
