You need to specify the rules for each individual field, here firstname and lastName. The group name doesn't have any meaning outside the groups-option itself.
Jörn On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Atkinson, Sarah < sarah.atkin...@cookmedical.com> wrote: > I’m working with the validation plugin > I have a first name and last name field and I want to have these grouped > together with one message. This is what I have: > But the message still isn’t showing. > groups: { > fullName: "firstname lastName", }, rules:{ fullName: > "required", }, messages:{ fullName: "Both first and last name > are required", >