Can't get alert to not show if value is correct

Question

I am trying to get the following form submission to show alert box if value is not equal to 'Province"

 function validate_form ( )
    {

    if ( document.contactForm.Province!='Region 1' )

    alert ( "Please Note: We only install in Region 1!" );

    }

My form name is "contactForm" my select menu is called "Province" I always get the alert here regardless of the selection in Province.

What am I doing wrong?

I don't think you are actually looking at the value... try ".value" after Province — hackartist, Mar 30 '12 at 10:41
possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1085801/how-to-get-selected-value-of-dropdownlist-using-javascript — maialithar, Mar 30 '12 at 10:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '12 at 10:41

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You need to compare it to the value of that element:

 if ( document.contactForm.Province.value != 'Region 1' )

answered Mar 30 '12 at 10:41

Joel Lundberg

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '12 at 10:45

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Try this

function validate_form ( )
{
    var temp = document.getElementbyId(Province);
    var strUser = temp.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
    if (strUser != 'Region 1' )
        alert ( "Please Note: We only install in Region 1!" );
}

answered Mar 30 '12 at 10:45

Vishal Suthar

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Can't get alert to not show if value is correct

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