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Thread began 12/04/2010 12:28 pm by kris517211073 | Last modified 12/09/2010 6:50 am by Jason Byrnes | 4325 views | 18 replies |

kris517211073

validate checkout page

i try to use validate tool to validate checkout page, i need state and shipping type to be selected in oder to proceed to the next page, i unable to validate the state since "select a state" already there, it's go to the next page even you are not select the state

how can i validate selected state, Please help, thanks very much.

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neilo

Hi Kris,

Try removing the 'select a state' option, and replace it with an option with a blank value, i.e:

<select name="state">
<option selected="selected"></option>
<option>Alabama</option>
<option>Alaska</option>
<option>Arizona</option>
<option>Arkansas</option>
<option>California</option>
etc.



If the validation is just 'Required', then an option containing a value would need to be selected to pass validation.

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kris517211073

thanks for your respond

if i remove the "select a state" option, and it will look blank,
but i do want 'select a state' to appear to tell customer to pick an aption , validation need to be required and selected
how can i achieve that, your help will be very appreciated

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CraigRBeta Tester

for your state option "select a state", you need to keep the display label as "select a state" or whatever, but its value should be an empty string, "".

your server validation should be Required/Not Blank/Selection Made.

this should be all you need

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neilo

test_select.php

Also, might be useful:

Zipped folder containing Select Lists (text docs) for:

US States (without codes): <option>Alabama</option>
US States (with codes): <option value="AL">Alabama</option>
UK Counties
Countries

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

Like CraigR said, your initial option should have a value attribute set to a blank string:
<option value="" selected="selected">Select A State</option>


Then use required validation on the state select list.



Neilo: with the differences in how browsers handle form elements lately, i have found that some browsers will not pass a form element if it does not have a value attribute set. I have seen this happen for text elements, checkboxes and even select lists.


because of this, I would not recommend using select lists that do not have the value attribute, even if the value is the same as the label.

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neilo

Many thanks (again) Jason, - I always appreciate you taking the time to explain things. I am a bit worried that you should really soon be charging me for this!

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

No worries neilo

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kris517211073

hi jason
thanks for your response
as you said if i do it like this <option value="" selected="selected">Select A State</option> the initial option is there, but the validation will not work on this
CraigR tell me to label as "select a state" but initial option is blank ( i have see it on test_select.php)
But what i want is I WANT INITIAL OPTION to display 'select a state' and i want it to validate if it selected or not , i want to achieve this , how could i achieve that, help me jason ,thanks

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

setting the initial value to a blank string:
<option value="" selected="selected">Select A State</option>

should work.


If it is not working, i will need to see an example page in place that demonstrates it not working to see what is wrong.

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