Hi Jörn, IDs are unique to the page rather than across forms, names do not have to be. The forms I refer to are not on the same page, but on a new instance of the page when a user clicks the submit button. The rule should/could therefore apply to the ID and not the name, since the name can be dynamic.
There are two ways I can get around this. Use a server-side scripting language to dynamically output the correct JavaScript and therefore rules and messages or hack the validation plugin. It's not great doing either. I will try looking at the plugin option since it is a more sensible approach. I would suggest that the plugin support element IDs as this is the only way you can guarantee a rule be applied to a specific element (assuming people adhere to the uniqueness of an ID). If you can somehow allow the plugin to be based on either name or ID, to be specified by the developer and defaulting to name, it will allow for backwards compatibility. If I get something working with element.id, I'll send the code over to you. Thanks, Simon On Jun 25, 11:24 am, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Repeating the same IDs across forms won't work, IDs have to be unique. > That is why the plugin relies on names, as those have to be unique > (from the plugin point of view) only within their form. > > You can try to hack the plugin, replacing all element.name snippets > with element.id, but I won't support that. > > Jörn > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Simon Whatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Joern, > > > I have come across an interesting problem regarding your jQuery > > Validation script that I am sure you already have a solution to, but I > > can't find it! > > > I need the validation rules to look at the form input IDs rather than > > the form input names. I have a form that iterates 10 times (when you > > click next), so the the names of the inputs increment by 1 each time, > > whilst the IDs stay the same. (This is not my doing, so I have to live > > with the naming convention!) > > > For example: > > > Form1 has input names field1_1, field2_1, field3_1 and input ids > > field1, field2, field3 > > Form2 has input names field1_2, field2_2, field3_2 and input ids > > field1, field2, field3 > > > I originally thought your jQuery Validation script looked at the IDs > > on the page, so the same validation rules would apply for field1 > > whether on form1 or form2. However this is not the case. > > > How do I change your script to look at the ID? > > > Many thanks in advance for your help. > > > Simon
