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requires that a pulldown \\\"program1\\\" in form \\\"freshmen\\\" be set to anything but the first value in the option list. \\r\\n\\r\\nrequires jquery validate: http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation

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  1. jQuery.validator.addMethod(
  2.   			"selectNone",
  3.   				function(value, element) {
  4. 				//alert(element.options.selectedIndex);
  5.     				//if (element.value == "blank"){
  6. 					if (element.options.selectedIndex == "0"){
  7.       				return false;
  8.     				}
  9.     				else return true;
  10. 				},
  11.   				"Please select an option."
  12. 			);
  13.  
  14. 			$(document).ready(function(){ 
  15.  
  16.  
  17. 			$("#freshmen").validate({
  18. 				  rules: { 
  19. 	      			program1: { 
  20. 	        			selectNone: true 
  21.     			 	} 
  22. 				  }
  23.  
  24. 			});

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