Question

I’m trying to check the selected value of a dropdown box if its “Please Select..” I need to show the relevant alert message saying please select, but even if I choose “ETF Too Big” from the drop down box I still get the alert box saying please select. Can someone please correct my error below as I can’t see where I have gone wrong. When I hover over the variable Diarised it shows me the relevant selected text from the drop down but yet it still gives me the alert box.

var Diarised = $('[id*=drpDiarisedReason] :selected').text();
                    if (Diarised == "Please Select..");
                    {
                        alert('Please Select Diarised Reason');
                        return false;
                    }

This is my HTML

<select id="drpDiarisedReason">
        <option value="">Please Select..</option>
        <option value="1">ETF Too Big</option>
        <option value="2">Equipment Cost</option>
        <option value="3">Spend Too Little</option>
    </select>

Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

if ($('#drpDiarisedReason').val()=== "")
{
    alert('Please Select Diarised Reason');
    return false;
}

See demo here