Trouble Validating Select Boxes

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Trouble Validating Select Boxes - sebgonz - Jul 19th, 2009

Hello, I've gotten my validation to work on everything except my select boxes. I don't know what the rule is that I would need to put into my page to get it to work. Can anyone help me?
Here's my form code:

Code:
<form action="http://www.researchride.com/register/process.php" method="post" onsubmit="return rsv.validate(this, rules)">

<ul>

<li>

<input name="form_tools_form_id" type="hidden" value="1" /></li>

<li> <label class="name" for="name">Full Name:</label>

<div>

<input name="name" type="text" /></div>

</li>

<li> <label class="email" for="email">Email:</label>

<div>

<input name="email" type="text" /></div>

</li>

<li> <label class="shirt" for="shirtsize">Shirt Size:</label>

<div>

<select id="shirt" name="shirtsize">  <option value="Small">Small</option> <option value="Medium">Medium</option> <option value="Large">Large</option> <option value="X-Large">X-Large</option> <option value="XX-Large">XX-Large</option> <option value="XXX-Large">XXX-Large</option> </select>

</div>

</li>

<li> <label class="events" for="events">Participating In:</label>

<div>

<select id="events" name="events"> <option selected="selected" value="Select One">Select One</option> <option value="Lunch-Only">Lunch Only</option> <option value="Both">Ride and Lunch</option> </select>

</div>

</li>

<li>

<div>

<input id="submit" class="submit-button" name="submit" type="submit" value="Sign Up" /></div>

</li>

</ul>

</form>

</div>

And here are the rules that I've set already.

Code:
<script type="text/javascript">

var rules = [];

rules.push("required,name,Please enter your full name.");

rules.push("required,email,Please enter your email address.");

rules.push("valid_email,email,Please enter a valid email address.");

rules.push("required,shirt,Please enter your shirt size.");

rules.push("required,events,Please indicate what you will be participating in.");

// *IMPORTANT!* these lines are required if you're using the rsv.js file that's bundled 

// with Form Tools. They reset the custom options used throughout the main Form Tools 

// script that won't be needed for your own forms

rsv.errorFieldClass = null;

rsv.customErrorHandler = null;

rsv.displayType = "display-html";

</script>

"shirt" and "events" aren't working because there IS a selected option already: "Select One". Now what I'm wondering is if I can exclude that option and have it validate the rest.

I got it. All I needed to do was change

Code:
<option selected="selected" value="Select One">Select One</option>

Code:
<option selected value="">Select One</option>

Don't know why I didn't think of that before. :S

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