# Javascript

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript/132356>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 19, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript/132356 "2008-03-19T11:47:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript/132356/1 "2008-03-19T11:47:47Z")

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Hi

I have a form

\<%= form\_remote\_tag :url =\> { :action =\> ‘sd\_resolution\_save’,  
:id =\> @sd\_ticket.id, },%\>

```
<td><table><tr>

<th width=""><label for="" >Hr: </label></th>
<td><%= text_field :sd_resol, "hours", "size" => 2 %></td>
<th width=""><label for="" >Min: </label></th>
<td><%= text_field :sd_resol, "minutes", "size" => 2 %></td>

</tr></table></td>

```

| Resolution Code | \<%= select( "sd\_resolution", "service\_desk\_resolution\_code\_id", ServiceDeskResolutionCode.find(:all).collect {|p| [p.name, p.id] }) %\> |
| Effort |
| --- |

| 

Save

\<%= end\_form\_tag %\>

And javascript is

script type=“text/javascript”\>

function checkResolution(elem,days,hours,minutes, helperMsg)  
{

```
  for (i=0;i<elem.length;i++)
{
if (elem.options[i].selected){
  if( elem.options[i].text.toLowerCase()== "<< select any >>"){
    alert(helperMsg);
  elem.focus();
    return false;
  }
 }
}
//alert(days.value);

```

}

HERE THE CHECKING HAPPENS BUT THE ALERT MESSAGE IS NOT PRINTED (For  
example if i select nothing in the select box and click ok button  
nothing happens).WHY?

Sijo

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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript/132356/2 "2008-03-20T23:40:16Z")

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Nothing happens because nothing is selected and your snippet returns  
void which == false