Form arrays in javascript

Why wont this work? checkFields() iF statment is failing. The select must be set to multiple. Thanks.

<form method="POST" action="" name="this_form" onSubmit="return checkFields();">
	<select name="this_select[]" multiple>
		<option value="ts1">ts1</option>
		<option value="ts2">ts2</option>
		<option value="ts3">ts3</option>
		<option value="ts4">ts4</option>
	</select>
</form>

Code (markup):

<script language="Javascript">
<!--
function checkFields(){
	var errormsg = "";
	if (document.this_form.this_select.value == "") { var errormsg = errormsg + "Please Select an Value.\n\r"; }
	if (errormsg != "") { alert(errormsg); return false; }
}
//-->
</script>

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You have to validate the value of the selected option, not the <select> element.

if (document.this_form.this_select.options[document.this_form.this_select.selectedIndex].value == "")

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solution:

document.this_form.elements['this_select[]'].value

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