@Mike: Yeah that won't work. Most of the values aren't unique.
On May 11, 11:43 am, Mean Mike <mcgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> wouldn't it make more sense to just have one drop down menu with all
> school choices in it ? as long as all the schools differ in value I
> pretty sure that would make your life easier
>
> On May 11, 1:41 pm, Loony2nz <loony...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I had a better thought.
>
> > How do I get the count of <select> options within a div?
> > I can then loop thru the select options and see if any of them are
> > value "0".
>
> > Is this possible?
>
> > On May 11, 10:09 am, waseem sabjee <waseemsab...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > 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!
