title: jquery drop down validation submit
body: <p>I am trying to make this drop down menu validation work properly and im hoping that someone can get me to the finish line. At this point the validation works on all the text fields, including the email and phone, as well as the dropdowns. My problem is if I send the form the first time and receive errors it redirects back stating the errors. Now if the user would select all the fields properly and try to resubmit, the submit button does not send. Please for my personal health and sanity someone help me.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the link to the file on my server:
  <a href="http://amckeedesignportfolio.com/eLearningModule/newForm.php" rel="nofollow">http://amckeedesignportfolio.com/eLearningModule/newForm.php</a></p>
  
  <p>Here is the code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;html&gt;
  
      &lt;head&gt;
          &lt;title&gt;NJR Medical No-Bite V Survey&lt;/title&gt;
          &lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          href="style.css"&gt;
          &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.5.2.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
          &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.validate.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
          &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="js/additional-methods.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
          &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
              jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
                  debug: true,
                  success: "valid"
              });;
              $(document).ready(function () {
                  // validate signup form on keyup and submit
                  $("#contactForm").validate({
                      rules: {
                          fName: "required",
                          lName: "required",
                          telephone: "required",
                          email: {
                              required: true,
                              email: true
                          },
                          telephone: {
                              required: true,
                              phoneUS: true
                          },
                          position: "required",
                          hospital: "required",
                          hospitalCity: "required",
                          hospitalState: "required",
                          area: "required",
                          experience: "required",
                          question1: "required",
                          question2: "required",
                          question3: "required",
                          question4: "required",
                          question5: "required",
                          question6: "required",
                          question7: "required",
                          question8: "required",
                          question9: "required",
                          question10: "required",
                          question11: "required",
                      },
                      messages: {
                          fName: "Please enter your firstname.",
                          lName: "Please enter your lastname.",
                          telephone: "Please enter a valid telephone number.",
                          email: "Please specify a valid email address.",
                          position: "Please enter your current position.",
                          hospitalCity: "Please enter your current hospital.",
                          area: "Please enter the current floor or area you work.",
                      }
                  });
                  /* state validation*/
                  $validator.addMethod("required", function (value, element) {
                      return this.optional(element) || (value.indexOf("") == -1);
                  }, "Please select a option.");
              });
          &lt;/script&gt;
      &lt;/head&gt;
  
      &lt;body&gt;
          &lt;div id="wrapper"&gt;
              &lt;div class="ribbonForm"&gt;
                  &lt;img src="images/logoLarge.png" alt="NJR Medical Logo" height="60" width="280"
                  /&gt;
                  &lt;h1&gt;Contact Form&lt;/h1&gt;
                  &lt;h2 class="please"&gt;Please take a few minutes to fill out the contact info and short survey
                      so that you can proceed with entering the NJR Medical No-Bite V eLearning
                      Module. All of the questions and contact info must be completed before
                      proceeding to the module.&lt;/h2&gt;
                  &lt;form name="request" action="newSurveyProcess.php"
                  method="POST" id="contactForm" onSubmit="valid_check();"&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;First Name :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="fName" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Last Name :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="lName" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Contact Number :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="telephone" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Email Address :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:37px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="email" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Position :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="position" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Hospital :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="hospital" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Hospital City :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="hospitalCity" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Hospital State :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="hospitalState" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;state&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="AK"&gt;AK&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="AL"&gt;AL&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="AR"&gt;AR&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="AZ"&gt;AZ&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="CA"&gt;CA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="CO"&gt;CO&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="CT"&gt;CT&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="DC"&gt;DC&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="DE"&gt;DE&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="FL"&gt;FL&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="GA"&gt;GA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="HI"&gt;HI&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="IA"&gt;IA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="ID"&gt;ID&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="IL"&gt;IL&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="IN"&gt;IN&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="KS"&gt;KS&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="KY"&gt;KY&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="LA"&gt;LA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="MA"&gt;MA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="MD"&gt;MD&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="ME"&gt;ME&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="MI"&gt;MI&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="MN"&gt;MN&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="MO"&gt;MO&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="MS"&gt;MS&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="MT"&gt;MT&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="NC"&gt;NC&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="ND"&gt;ND&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="NE"&gt;NE&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="NH"&gt;NH&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="NJ"&gt;NJ&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="NM"&gt;NM&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="NV"&gt;NV&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="NY"&gt;NY&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="OH"&gt;OH&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="OK"&gt;OK&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="OR"&gt;OR&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="PA"&gt;PA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="RI"&gt;RI&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="SC"&gt;SC&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="SD"&gt;SD&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="TN"&gt;TN&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="TX"&gt;TX&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="UT"&gt;UT&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="VA"&gt;VA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="VT"&gt;VT&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="WA"&gt;WA&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="WI"&gt;WI&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="WV"&gt;WV&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="WY"&gt;WY&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Area / Floor that you work :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;input name="area" type="text" class="box" /&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;I have worked in an ICU for:
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="experience" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;select year range&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="2"&gt;2 yrs&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="2-4"&gt;2-4yrs&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="5-10"&gt;5-10yrs&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="11-20"&gt;11-20yrs&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="+20yrs"&gt;more than 20yrs&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Comments :
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="textbox_holder"&gt;
                          &lt;textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="60"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                      &lt;h1&gt;Survey Questions&lt;/h1&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;Please be aware that you must select an answer to every question or your
                          form will not process and allow you to proceed. You must be allowed to
                          proceed for "The No- Bite V eLearning Module" to begin.
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:
                                          25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;1. How often do you have a patient who resists oral care?
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:
                                          25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;br/&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question1" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Never"&gt;Never&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Rarely"&gt;Rarely&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Sometimes"&gt;Sometimes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Always"&gt;Always&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;2. How often do you have a patient bite on oral swabs with oral care?
                          &lt;span
                          style=" 
                                          padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question2" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Never"&gt;Never&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Rarely"&gt;Rarely&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Sometimes"&gt;Sometimes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Always"&gt;Always&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;3. Have you ever had a patient break or damage a green swab from biting
                          it?
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question3" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Yes"&gt;Yes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="No"&gt;No&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;4. How often do you have a patient bite on a Yankauer suction with oral
                          care?
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question4" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Never"&gt;Never&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Rarely"&gt;Rarely&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Sometimes"&gt;Sometimes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Always"&gt;Always&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;5. Have you ever had a patient break or damage a Yankauer suction from
                          biting it?
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question5" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Yes"&gt;Yes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="No"&gt;No&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;6. Have you ever been biten during mouth care.?
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:
                                                  25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question6" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Yes"&gt;Yes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="No"&gt;No&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;7. Do you think patients who bite down and resist oral care tend to receive
                          inadequate oral hygiene?
                          &lt;span style="padding-
      left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question7" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Yes"&gt;Yes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="No"&gt;No&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;8. How often do you have a Naso-Tracheal Suction Catherer coil in the
                          back of a patient's mouth upon insertion?
                          &lt;span style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question8" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Never"&gt;Never&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Rarely"&gt;Rarely&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Sometimes"&gt;Sometimes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Always"&gt;Always&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;9. Do you think that patients who have a Naso- Tracheal Suction Catheter
                          coil in the back of a patient's mouth receive inadequate Naso-Tracheal
                          Suctioning?
                          &lt;span style="
                                                  padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question9" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Yes"&gt;Yes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="No"&gt;No&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;10. How often do you have a patient bite an Oral-Pharnygeal Suction Catheter?
                          &lt;span
                          style="padding-left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question10" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Never"&gt;Never&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Rarely"&gt;Rarely&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Sometimes"&gt;Sometimes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Always"&gt;Always&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h2&gt;11. Have you ever had a patient damage an Oral- Pharnygeal Suction Catheter
                          from biting it?
                          &lt;span style="padding-
      left:25px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;select name="question11" class="required"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;--select--&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="Yes"&gt;Yes&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="No"&gt;No&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                      &lt;h3&gt;
                          &lt;input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" /&gt;
                      &lt;/h3&gt;
                  &lt;/form&gt;
                  &lt;!--closes form--&gt;
              &lt;/div&gt;
              &lt;!--closes ribbonForm --&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;
          &lt;!--closes wrapper--&gt;
      &lt;/body&gt;
  
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>