jQuery Validation and select tags

Just a note to myself, when using jQuery Validation for a select, make sure the first value, "Please select an option" has an empty value.

Like this:

<select id="regions" class="required" name="regions">
    <option value="">Please select an option</option>
    <option value="1">Region 1</option>
    <option value="2">Region 2</option>
</select>

Here’s the original text:

http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/required