[jQuery] Form plugin and error validation

[Steve Finkelstein]

Hi all,

Is there a way I can stop resetForm: true from hitting when I deem
something is invalid via server-side validation? For example, here's
my ajaxForm object:

        $('#form2').ajaxForm(
                {
                        target: '#container',
                        type: 'post',
                        resetForm: true,
                }
        );

And on the server-side I have a very rudimentary validation:

                if($error_message)
        {
                echo $error_message;
                exit;
        }

Is there anyway to tell ajaxForm when there is a logical error so that
success: and resetForm: are not executed. I understand those
parameters are there for successful AJAX responses, not logical
errors. I'm just not sure how to stop the form from resetting when I
have logical errors, however I do want this functionality to exist for
the form is indeed error free.

Thank you,

- sf