Sorry.
<select name="Category" id="Category" title="Please select something"
validate="required:true">
<option value="">Choose a category</option>
< option value="2">Automotive</option>
<option value="3">Medical</option>
</select>
2007/10/27, Web Specialist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Rick
>
> I'm using Jorn's Form Validation plugin and this approach works fine:
>
> <select name="Category" id="Category" title="Please select something"
> validate="required:true">
> <option value="">Choose a category</option>
> < option value="">Automotive</option>
> <option value="">Medical</option>
> </select>
>
> Cheers
> Marco Antonio
>
>
> 2007/10/27, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi, all…
> >
> > Quesiton:
> >
> > How to validate the selection for a drop-down select input?
> >
> > If choices are:
> >
> > 1 – Choose Category (This is the default selection)
> >
> > 2 – Automotive
> >
> > 3 – Medical
> >
> > If the user doesn't change from "1 – Choose Category " I want
> >
> > an error message instructing them to choose a category.
> >
> > Something like:
> >
> > rules: {
> >
> > trans_category { not equal to: 'Choose Category' }
> >
> > }
> >
> > messages: {
> >
> > trans_category { not equal to : "Please choose a category"}
> >
> > }
> >
> > Anyone have the answer off the top of their head?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rick
> >
>
>
