Hi All, I'm just new to jQuery and I would like to ask for your help with my validation code. My problem in the code below is that it's not validating the intended field. What I want to do here is to validate if a user entered a unique name.
// a custom method for validating the Group Name $.validator.addMethod("unique", function() { $.ajax({ type: "POST", dataType: "json", url: "contents/company_group_validate_name.asp", data: "name="+$("#GroupName").val()+"&id=<%=lCompanyGroupID%>&m=< %=sMode%>", success: function(data){ if (data.name_exists == "True") { //alert('Existing!'); return false; }else{ //alert('Not Existing!'); return true; } } }); }, 'Please enter a unique name!'); $().ready(function() { var container = $('div.error-container'); // Validate the form when it is submitted $("#frmCompanyGroup").validate({ errorContainer: container, errorLabelContainer: $("ol", container), wrapper: 'li', meta: "validate", rules: { GroupName: { //required:true, unique:true } } }); $('#btnCancel').click ( function () { location.href = '<%=MAIN_URL & "co-grp"%>' } ); });