Ok, I apparently didn't try hard enough. You just need to wrap the
element name in quotes.
It's simple...
Here's the solution for others who hit this bump:
rules: {
"account.usernameEmail": {
required: true,
email: true
}
}
On Jan 10, 12:26 pm, phil <pkra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> In my validator rules and messages I'm trying to figure out how to
> specify a field name that contains a period.
>
> rules: {
> account.usernameEmail: {
> required: true,
> email: true
> }
> }
>
> This will throw an error right away:
> missing : after property id
> [Break on this error] account.usernameEmail: { \n
>
> Also, does the name and id of a form element have to be the same for
> this plugin to work?
>
> I simply can not remove the "." in the field name as it is used on the
> server for form backing object validation (via spring mvc).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
