Ahhh...Thanks Karl!
That worked..
:)
Mandy
On 5/16/07, Karl Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Put quotes (double or single) around the name:
"intro-currentFirstName": "Please enter a valid email"
Technically/ideally that's what all the "keys" should be list as they
are strings. It's just an allowed "shortcut" to leave off the quotes.
Karl Rudd
On 5/16/07, Mandy Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This script does not work for me when I have a "-" in my rules
>
>
> $(document).ready(function() {
> $.validator.setDefaults({
> debug: true
> });
>
> var container = $('div.container');
> // validate the form when it is submitted
> $("#form1").validate({
> errorContainer: container,
> errorLabelContainer: $("ol", container),
> wrapper: 'li',
> rules: {
> intro-currentFirstName: { required:true, email:true },
> phone: { required:true, minLength: 3 },
> address: { required:true,minLength:3 }
> },
> messages: {
> intro-currentFirstName: "Please enter a valid email",
> phone: "Please enter a valid phone",
> age: "Please specify your age as a number (at least 3)."
> }
> //event: "keyup"
> });
> });
> The above does not work.
> It gives me an error saying missing ":"
>
> But as soon as I change the field name to introCurrentFirstName instead
of
> intro-currentFirstName it starts working.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> On 5/16/07, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Exactly!
> >
> >
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
>
> >
> > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
> Behalf Of Mandy Singh
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:06 PM
> > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Form Validation Plugin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh! Didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out Dan (I am new to
jquery
> had been using prototype till now).
> >
> > So, just the packed version of the file is good enough?
> >
> > And using that I can define the rules such as -
$("#myform").validate({
> >
> > event: "keyup"
> >
> > rules: {
> >
> > firstname: { required: true },
> >
> > age: {
> >
> > required: "#firstname:blank",
> >
> > number: true,
> >
> > minValue: 3
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > },
> >
> > password: {
> >
> > required: function() {
> >
> > return $("#age").val() < 18;
> >
> > },
> >
> > minLength: 5,
> >
> > maxLength: 32
> >
> > }
> >
> > },
> >
> > messages {
> >
> > password: {
> >
> > required: "Your password is required because you
are
> not yet 18 years or older."
> >
> >
> > minLength: "Please enter a password at least 5
> characters long.",
> >
> > maxLength: "Please enter a password no longer
then
> 32 characters long."
> >
> > },
> >
> > age: "Please specify your age as a number (at least 3)."
> >
> >
> > }
> >
> > });
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/15/07, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mandy,
> >
> > >I had a look at that before I posted. That does what I want but for
> simple
> > >validations I can't include 40-50 KB of code (cmforms, meta.js,
> > >jquery.validate )...thats an overkill when I just want a
required:true
> > >check.
> > >
> > >Any other?
> >
> > The only thing that is required is jquery.validate.js. The packed
version
> of
> > the file is only 6k.
> >
> > The meta.js file is only required if you want to define validation
rules
> > using the class attribute of your tags.
> >
> > The other libraries are used just for layout in the examples.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
