No, that's not it. The scripts are ordered: <script src="/lib/javascript/jquery-1.3.2.js" type="text/javascript"></ script> <script src="/lib/javascript/jquery.validate.min.js" type="text/ javascript"></script>
Which is why only one exception is thrown. If I flip the order of those two, two exceptions are thrown, one for the missing jQuery object, and another for the validate method. Ignore the reference to "validate.js" in the <head>, that's not being used here. Thomas On Apr 15, 4:39 pm, Eric Garside <gars...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's the order of your includes. In the first page, you're including > the validation plugin before you're including jQuery. The result is > that, when validation attempts to enter itself into the jQuery > namespace, jQuery is "undefined", so it just dies within it's > enclosure. > > On Apr 15, 4:30 pm, Thomas Allen <thomasmal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > These two pages do the exact same thing: Apply some basic validation > > rules to a form. The only difference is that the first one includes > > the scripts in <body>, not <head>. > > > 1.http://www.asce.org/freemembership/ > > 2.http://content.asce.org/conferences/texasstudentdays/company_registra... > > > The second one works, and the first doesn't. For some reason, the > > first site doesn't bind the validate method to jQuery. > > > $.fn.validate() > > > throws an exception in the console. > > > What's going on, and how can I fix this problem? The file itself is > > definitely being loaded. > > > Thanks, > > Thomas > >
