It'd actually be easier to not use the validation plugin, like so: http://jsbin.com/afeye
However, remember that you should always use a server-side form validation backup as well. Any user without Javascript turned on (or screen reader users, etc) can easily bypass this method. Hope this helps! Chuck Harmston http://chuckharmston.com On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Cpt. Archie <jimmy.hunni...@gmail.com>wrote: > > html looks like: > <input type="text" id="email" name="email"> > <input type="text" id="tel" name="tel"> > <input type="text" id="gsm" name="gsm"> > > i want people to fill in at least one of these fields > > how can this be done using the jquery (validation plugin)? >