how to add select box form validation

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im using this form validation on my site:
http://jorenrapini.com/blog/javascript/the-simple-quick-and-small-jquery-html-form-validation-solution[^]

the problem is that it doesnt mention the code for a select box.

can anyone give me the code for validating a select box?
my select box name and id is "country"
and if the selection stays on "country" i want an error notice

Posted 1-Apr-13 12:01pm

jfiler20

Updated 1-Apr-13 21:14pm

Maciej Los

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[no name] 1-Apr-13 18:11pm

Why are you not asking Joren about his code?

jfiler20 1-Apr-13 18:16pm

because he has been asked that on his site about a month ago but never replied!

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Deependra Khangarot · Answer 1 · 2013-04-01T18:00:00

Solution 1

Please follow below links:

jQuery-Form-Validation-with-Selects

validate-select-via-jquery

Validation

jquery-validation-for-drop-down-box

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Posted 1-Apr-13 18:00pm

Deependra Khangarot

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jfiler20 2-Apr-13 10:46am

ok thanks...just one more thing
now that I got the code for the select box validation, i want the error text to fade in.

this is my code now:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#submit").click(function(){
var year = $('#year option:selected').val();
if(year == "")
$("#msg").fadeIn("slow");
{
$("#msg").html("Please select a year");
return false;

}
});
});
</script>

i tried adding this line under if(year == "") :
$("#msg").fadeIn("slow");

but it doesnt fade...
any ideas how to make the error alert fade?