Your assumption that the remote method is buggy is not at all
verified, or: wrong. Instead of trying to write your own
remote-method, please provide a testpage to find the actual issue
you're dealing with.
Jörn
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Miket3<miketro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK. the validation plugin is kicking my ass. as does every new thing
> I try to learn.
>
> FIRST: I need to clarify that there is a BUG up front so someone
> doesn't offer it as a solution.
> I am using version 1.5.5. It has a bug in the REMOTE rule/method so
> this is not an option to check for duplicate entries. And I know this
> because I set my lookup.php server script to a single line of ECHO
> "FALSE" but the validator plugin still adds a "valid" to the element
> class. Plus this was an issue in previous releases so it is more than
> likely re-introduced. BUT if you think I am still wrong I am open to
> suggestions so long a s they are detailed.
>
> So with that issue behind me I went out and learned how to create a
> custom method using the $.validator.addMethod() to solve my problem.
> And now I have run into 2 more issues which are stopping me. If
> someone can solve any 1 of these next 2 issues, I can be on my way.
>
> 1. I don't know how to grab a value returned from $.get() and put it
> into a javascript variable that can be used outside the scope of the
> $.get() event because I need to return that value . I have tried
> setting global variables all over the place but nothing gets set.
>
> 2. I also tried to just add an attribute to the element with the
> return value, then use jquery to fetch that value. But there seems to
> be a cache issue along the way. The attrib is being set correctly
> (according to firebug) but the value is always 1 cycle behind. Oh...
> and I do have CACHE:FALSE set.
>
> so if anyone can help here is my code:
>
> $.validator.addMethod("dupcheck",function(value,element){
>
> var lookupkey = $(element).attr("name");
> var lookupvalue = $(element).val();
> var thisid = $(element).attr("id");
> var valid_img = '<img src="/global_libs/images/icons/
> checked.gif">';
> var error_img = '<img src="/global_libs/images/icons/
> unchecked.gif">';
>
> $.get('lookup.php', {table : "members", key : lookupkey, value :
> lookupvalue, successmsg:"false", failmsg:"true" }, function(data){ [I
> NEED THE VALUE OF (DATA) TO BE RETURNED FROM HERE] });
> });
>
> ok I will through in the server script as well:
>
> here is my LOOKUP.PHP
> <?
>
> $noheaders = "true"; //prevents config.php from loading any header
> data such a scripts and styles.
> include("config.php");
> $table = $_GET["table"];
> $key = $_GET["key"];
> $value = $_GET["value"];
> $failmsg = (isset($_GET["failmsg"]) ? $_GET["failmsg"] : $value.": Not
> Found in TABLE: ".$table." for KEY: ".$key);
> $successmsg = (isset($_GET["successmsg"]) ? $_GET["successmsg"] :
> $value.": Found in TABLE: ".$table." for KEY: ".$key);
> $sql="SELECT * FROM $table WHERE $key='$value'" ;
> $result=mysql_query($sql);
> if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
> echo $successmsg;
> } else {echo $failmsg; };
>
> ?>
>
> Thanks,
> MIke
>
