Urgent. validating return from a drop downmenu

[TimPro]

i have a number of drop down menus on one page. i get teh values from another page.i want to mak esure that the values are listed from 1 through to a random variable number. i want to make sure that the numbers that are returned are 1,2,3 etc up to any number.
what i don't want is for them to be able to return 1,2,6 skipping the numbers in between...

any help would be appreciated

 

[derren]

Sorry, that has gone straight over my head!

You can perform all manner of validations, both server and client side, but I can't figure out what you are after. Perhaps some more about why you want to do this - we have been known to totally rewrite code a different way once we get the full picture Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]

 

[TimPro]

I am creating a number of drop down menus for a preference based voting system. voters can select on or more preferences up to the number of candidates.they can select just one preference if they want for one candidate, or a preference for each candidate.
Candidate name: drop down- with numbers from 1 to the num of candidates.

ideally they should select 1,2,3 etc. i want to ensure that they don't select 4,6 - skipping numbers.
any ideas