function validate_state_nologic(form) {
        
	javascript:alert('Please Select Valid State');
	form.submit();
}

// ********** start - check name, phone number, email, ipager ********** 
function validate_stateOld(form) { 
	
	var frormObj = eval("document." + form);	
	var returnValue = true;
	
      // ********** validate name ********** 
      if ((frormObj.reqName.value == null) || (frormObj.reqName.value == "")) {
	returnValue = false;
	}
	// ********** validate State ********** 
	if (frormObj.reqState.selectedIndex == 0) { 
	returnValue = false;
	}
	// ********** submit or show alert ********** 
	if (returnValue == false) {
	javascript.alert("The following errors were encountered:\n\n" + alertMessage);
	}

	return returnValue;
}

function validate_state(formObj) { 
	
	var returnValue = true;
	var alertMessage ="";
      //	alert (formObj);
	
      // ********** validate name ********** 
      if ((formObj.reqName.value == null) || (formObj.reqName.value == "")) {
         alertMessage="Please Enter Your Name:\n\n"
	returnValue = false;
	}
	// ********** validate State ********** 
	if (formObj.reqState.selectedIndex == 0) { 
         alertMessage= alertMessage + "Please Enter/Select Your Resident State:\n\n"
	returnValue = false;
	}
	// ********** submit or show alert ********** 
	if (returnValue == false) {
	alert("The following errors were encountered:\n\n" + alertMessage);
	}
	return returnValue;
}