what you should do is take the onchange event out of the html and put it into a document ready
like this $(document).ready(function(){ $("#State").change(function() { //check to see if the feild has a value if ($(this).val() != ""){ //ok lets get the data then getData(($this).val()) } }); }); I think this is what you wanted to test for Mean Mike On Jul 13, 4:22 am, mnaveed <mnaveed...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have a select box with and onchange event to get the data from > serever, > > <SELECT name="States" id="State" onchange="getData(this.value)" > > > Now i want to validate that if no value is selected from the above > list, then it should not send the ajax request. How can i apply the > Jquery validation plugin here? > > Thanks.