The remote validation is supposed to do nothing until the ajax result is returned. Its probably a bug, though a testpage would help a lot to confirm that.
Jörn On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a registration form that I'm trying to validate using > jquery.validate.js v1.2 with jQuery 1.2.6. > > On the username field, I am doing remote validation to verify the > username does not already exist. When I blur out of the field, I > *always* get an error under the field telling me the username is > already taken, before the remote validation even has a chance to run. > If I then refocus the field, the error message goes away; when I blur > again, the error message doesn't re-appear. > > The remote method is clearly returning the proper values (true if the > username is available, false if the username is taken). However, I > don't understand why the field is being marked invalid before the > remote method even runs. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Rebeca >