Javascript validation option box

[romerz]

Basically I have a form that has

--------------------------------

as an option to make a line (because the options in the drop down box are coming from a database)

I have validation for everything,

the bit that checks that something has been selected is

x=frm.country[0];
if (x.selected) {
alert ('Blah blah');
return false;
}

How would i make it so it checks to see if the line has been chosen.

Ive tried

x=frm.country[0];
if (x.value ='--------------------------------') {
alert ('Blah blah');
return false;
}

But no luck and when i use just '-' it stops all of them.

Thanks for your help in advance

 

[tsuji]

Whatever you mean!
>if (x.value ='--------------------------------') {
[tt]if (x.value [red]=[/red]='--------------------------------') {[/tt]

 

[ggriffit]

in some cases the item you need to look at is the text rather than the value :

<option value="a">1</option>

here the VALUE property is 'a', but the TEXT property is '1'

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/