How to select the value of the label for a form field
<p>I'm stuck on this one. I'd like to grab the <strong><em>value of the label</em></strong> for a field to use it in an alert as part of a validation script. Here is my code:</p>

<p>(The function is being called on the <code>onblur</code> event (<code>isFieldBlank(this)</code>).</p>

<pre><code>function isFieldBlank(that) {
    if($(that).val()=="") {
      var fieldLabel = $('label[for*="' + that + '"]).val();
      alert(fieldLabel);
      alert("You must provide a value for: ") + fieldLabel;
      $(that).addClass("error");
      $(that).focus();
      return false;
    } else {
        $(that).removeClass("error");       
    }
}
</code></pre>
