pull down menu validation 3

[peach255]

Hi. I have a pull down menu in my form. Is it possible if I can have the default selection in the menu be set to a blank? And how do I validate the form to make sure the user did choose a selection from the pull down menu? I have the following code to validate a text box, but how about validate pull down menus? Thank you!

function checkform(form)
{
if(form.fname.value == "&quot
{
alert('You forgot to enter your First Name?');
form.fname.focus();
return false;
}
return true;

}

 

[onpnt]

use selectedindex for validating dropdowns
function checkform(form)
{
if(myform.fname.options[form.fname.selectedIndex].value == "")
{
alert('You forgot to enter your First Name?');
myform.fname.focus();
return false;
}
return true;

} _______________________________________________
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[Targol]

use Onpnt's code to check and add this line just after your SELECT opening tag to add a default blank selection :

<OPTION value=&quot;&quot; selected>---Choose one---</option>[/code) Water is not bad as long as it stays out human body ;-)

 

[peach255]

THanks for your quick reply!
However, although I don't have any of the selection in my pull down menu selected by default, it displays the 1st selection on my choice. For ex., for "Month", it displays "January". Therefore, if I don't select any other month, it pass "January" as the variable.
How can I change this? Can I have a empty space as the default selction? My code for the selection pull down menu is as follow.

<FONT face=Tahoma size=2>*Move Date</FONT>
<SELECT name=month id=&quot;month&quot;>
<option value=&quot;January&quot;>January
<option value=&quot;February&quot;>February
</SELECT>

Thanks!

 

[onpnt]

Targol gave you the answer to that one
<SELECT name=month id=&quot;month&quot;>
<option value=&quot;&quot; selected>---Choose one---</option>
<option value=&quot;January&quot;>January
<option value=&quot;February&quot;>February
</SELECT> _______________________________________________
_{{ str = &quot;sleep is good for you. sleep gives you the energy you need to function&quot;;
ptr = /sleep/gi;Nstr = str.replace(ptr,&quot;coffee&quot;alert(Nstr); }}
_______________________________________________
for the best results to your questions: FAQ333-2924

http://www.onpntw

 

[peach255]

thanks for both of your help! It worked well for me!