But how do I add in the fact that I need to check that the currently
selected value is not already selected in one of the other 50 drop-
down lists on the page? Somehow I need to check if $(this).val() ==
compare to each selected value in every select on the page.
Thanks
On Jun 9, 11:45 am, waseem sabjee <waseemsab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> $("select").change(function() {
>
> var sval = $(this).va();
> if(sal == 5) {
>
>
>
> } else {
> // do something
> }
> });
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM, pixelwiz <pixel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have a little problem.
>
> > I have a page that displays a list of people playing in a
> > tournament.
>
> > I need to be able to generate a Leaderboard based on which players are
> > manually selected by the admin.
>
> > Next to each person there is a drop-down list. An admin can go in and
> > select a "slot" that a player should be in on the leader board from 1
> > to 8, or leave it blank if none.
>
> > What I need to figure out how to do is the following, when a change
> > event happens on a drop-down list, and say the value 5 is selected, I
> > need to check to make sure that 5 is not already selected in one of
> > the other players drop-down lists, in other words, that the 5th
> > leaderboard slot is not already full. if it is, display an error
> > message and make them change that one first.
>
> > Any idea how to do that with jQuery? I'm thinking it will have
> > something to do with the each() function, but not sure exactly how the
> > logic should work.
