Thanks for the tip, that's actually what I ended up doing. It's not so bad actually, since at least after the user credentials are checked once, I can set a validate bit to equal true, and then have the form submit normally.
On Sep 13, 4:05 pm, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to use the beforeSubmit callback of the jQuery form plugin > > to check some values with the server before submitting the entire > > form, which can include a large file upload (which would be annoying > > to upload, and then fail due to other submitted values being invalid-- > > hence the pre-submit check). > > > For reference:http://malsup.com/jquery/form/#code-samples > > > The problem I'm having with running an Ajax request within > > beforeSubmit, for example, is that it returns immediately (normally a > > good thing). But beforeSubmit needs to wait for the value before > > knowing whether it can return true or false. > > > Anyone run into this before? I guess, in a nutshell, what I'm trying > > to do is validate part of the form data by submitting it to a > > different URL, then, depending on the response, submitting (or not > > submitting) the entire form to the primary URL. > > > ...Rene > > You can accomplish this by always returning false from beforeSubmit. > Then when you get the response from your validate ajax call you can > submit the form manually. You may want to check out the validation > plugin though, it lets you define validation rules up front and > processes them for you. > > Mike
