validations for dropdownlist

Hi Saritha.rajeshkumar

check in if condition Select Index property

if ( Dropdownlist.SelectedIndex = -1 )
{
}
else
{
}

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Prabhakar

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On the 0th index set --Select--- and put Required Field Validator and set its initial value to 0.

It will give error if the user does not select anything from the ddl.


Thanks!

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Rohan Laghate

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//in Jquery
var IsRequired = "";
var IsInvalid = "";
IsRequired = 'The following fields are mandatory:<br />';
IsInvalid = 'The following are invalid:<br/>';

$('a[id$=lnkbtnupdate]').click(function () {

//Validate Type
if ($('select[id$=ddltype]').val() == "0") {
alertmessage($('select[id$=ddltype]'), $("#imgedittype"));
}
else {
removealertmessage($('select[id$=ddltype]'), $("#imgedittype"));
}

//Validaing Description
if ($('input[id$=txtDescription]').val() == "") {
str += "- Description <br/>";
alertmessage($('input[id$=txtDescription]'), $("#imgeditdesc"));
}
else {
removealertmessage($('input[id$=txtDescription]'), $("#imgeditdesc"));
}

if (str != '' && strInvalid != '') {
$('div[id$=divError]').show();
$('div[id$=divError]').attr('class', 'error');
$('span[id$=lblErrorMsg]').html(IsRequired + str + '<br/>' + IsInvalid + strInvalid);
return false;
}
else if (str != '' && strInvalid == '') {
$('div[id$=divError]').show();
$('div[id$=divError]').attr('class', 'error');
$('span[id$=lblErrorMsg]').html(IsRequired + str);
return false;
}
else if (str == '' && strInvalid != '') {
$('div[id$=divError]').show();
$('div[id$=divError]').attr('class', 'error');
$('span[id$=lblErrorMsg]').html(IsInvalid + strInvalid);
return false;
}
else
return true;
});

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