newbie question - requiring a response

[Harlett O'Dowd]

Please forgive this newbie question but java is new to me and I'm
still trying to find a course in my area.

I'm tweaking an online survey and have gotten it to display what I
want but can't figure out how to *require* the surveyee to pick a
choice.

For each of ten questions, the surveyee is asked:

_____________________________

<select name="proposal1" size=1>
<option>Please Choose one option from the list below</
option>
<option>Approve</option>
<option>No Opinion</option>
<option>Object - The technical approach is not sound</
option>
<option>Object - The proposed project duplicates previous
and publicly reported efforts</option>
<option>Object - the proposal is not needed</option>
<option>Object - Other - you <strong>MUST</strong> give a
detailed response ine 'Comments' box below: </option>
</select>



<TABLE>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td width="500"> Comments:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td><textarea name=object-one rows=6 cols=80></textarea></td>
</tr>
</table>

______________________________________

Ideally, I'd like to script this so that if the surveyee does NOT
choose one of the select pull-down options (or, more to the point,
allows the default option "Please Choose one option from the list
below" to ride) when s/he hits submit later down the page, s/he gets
an error message instructing the user to return to the form and enter
the appropriate answer.

AND,

if at all possible, if the surveyee choices the final option - "Object
- Other - you <strong>MUST</strong> give a detailed response ine
'Comments' box below" - the user will go to the same error page
requesting that s/he go back and fill in the comments section for this
proposal (in cthis case, the 'object-one' box)


I've doen some googling on this but haven't found anything that seems
to be a reasonable starting-off model to use.

Thanks in advance for your help

HOD

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Please forgive this newbie question but java is new to me ...
Ideally, I'd like to script this ...

Note that Java and JavaScript are separate languages.
For the latter, try the comp.lang.javascript group.

 

[Dave Miller]

Please forgive this newbie question but java is new to me and I'm
still trying to find a course in my area.

Ideally, I'd like to script this so that if the surveyee does NOT
choose one of the select pull-down options (or, more to the point,
allows the default option "Please Choose one option from the list
below" to ride) when s/he hits submit later down the page, s/he gets
an error message instructing the user to return to the form and enter
the appropriate answer.

AND,

if at all possible, if the surveyee choices the final option - "Object
- Other - you <strong>MUST</strong> give a detailed response ine
'Comments' box below" - the user will go to the same error page
requesting that s/he go back and fill in the comments section for this
proposal (in cthis case, the 'object-one' box)


I've doen some googling on this but haven't found anything that seems
to be a reasonable starting-off model to use.

Thanks in advance for your help

HOD

It sounds like you are confusing Java with JavaScript. You might have
better luck in the comp.lang.javascript group.