Question

I have a bunch of rows in a form like this

                   <tr>
  <td nowrap><input type='checkbox' name='approve_DTC0F00EFAA43A8'</td>
  <td nowrap><input type='checkbox' name='deny_DTC0F00EFAA43A8'</td>
  <td nowrap><textarea name='isonotes_DTC0F00EFAA43A8'></textarea></td>
  <td nowrap><input type='text' value='' name='secplan_DTC0F00EFAA43A8'></td>
                  </tr>

every row has the same first part for the field name just different after the _ …
I need to say if either of the two check boxes are checked the isonotes for that row is required….

Answer 1

I need to say if either of the two
check boxes are checked the isonotes
for that row is required….

You can do like this:

$('form').submit(function(){
  if ($('input[name^="approve"]').is(':checked') || $('input[name^="deny"]').is(':checked')){
     if ($('textarea[name^="isonotes"]').val() === ''){
       alert('Required.....');
       return false;
     }
     else{
       return true;
     }
  }
});