I am trying to validate drop-down & text field where one of them has to have value but I can't get the drop-down validation to work.  I am not getting any errors it just ignores validation for drop-down. Here us my code:

1. function checkSelect(n,p) {        
   
               if ( (selcategory.selectedIndex == 0) && (category.value == '')) {
                   p.addClass('ui-state-error');
                   updateTips("You must either type in or select category");
                   return false;
               } else {
                   return true;
               }
   
           }