as the docs Charlie has posted say, the value must be a space, not an empty string: <option value=" ">Please select...</option>
now required="yes" should work in your cfselect. Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ On 23/09/2009 03:25, Richard White wrote: > thanks for both your help, i will continue to work out why this is not > working on my system, if it is working your end that it has to be something > to do with my code!!! > > thanks again for your help > > > > >from the docs: > >> Note: This attribute has no effect if you omit the size attribute or set it >> to 1, because the browser always submits the displayed item. You can work >> around this issue: format forms by having an initial option tag with value=" >> " (notice the space character between the quotation marks). >> >> >> >> >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
