fyi, this is what i've tried, but it doesnt work :/
$.validator.addMethod("confirm", function(value, element) {
var other = $(this).attr("id").replace("_confirm","");
$(this).equalTo(other);
}, "does not match");
On Mar 22, 8:56 am, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Give equalTo a try:http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/equalTo
>
> Jörn
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:30 AM, linojon <lino...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi
>
> > Using thevalidateplugin, I'd like to write a validation method
> > called "confirm" that does the following:
>
> > suppose my form has
> > <input type="text" id="email" class="required email">
> > <input type="text" id="email_confirm" class="required email confirm">
>
> > what I'd like is the confirm method to look at the current object's
> > id, strip off the "_confirm" and check that the value matches the
> > corresponding field. I'd like this to be reusable.
>
> > I've made several attempts at this but...
>
> > thanks
>
> > linoj
