Is setValidation in fact defined? What do you get if you enter setValidation
(just the name) into the Firebug console or do a Watch on it? Does it show
it being a function?
Suggest you find a way to post a test page, otherwise we could be playing 20
questions for a while... :-)
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com <
d...@widepixels.com> wrote:
> Sorry its only local right now so I will try to add as much as I can here.
>
> Page with a form has:
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/styles.css" />
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/typography.css" />
> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.js"></script>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.form.js"></script>
> <script type="text/javascript"
> src="/js/jquery.validate.js"></script>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/site.js"></script>
>
> Normal html code with my #newAward form, then at the bottom of the page
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> $(document).ready( function() {
> setValidation('#newAward', validate_awards);
> });
> </script>
>
> site.js has just the one function you provided
>
> function setValidation( selector, validator ) {
>
> $(document).ready( function() {
> var $form = $(selector);
>
> $form.submit( function() {
>
> $form.validate( validator );
> var valid = $(this).valid();
> if( valid ) {
> var form_url = $form.attr('action');
> var page_target = form_url.substr(1).replace(new RegExp("/",
> "g"), "_");
> var queryString = $form.formSerialize();
> $form.ajaxSubmit({
> type: 'post',
> url: form_url + '/',
> data: queryString,
> resetForm: true,
> success: function( response ) {
> alert( response );
> $( '#' + page_target ).slideToggle('slow',
> function() {
>
> $(response).hide().prependTo('#sortable').slideDown('slow');
> });
> }
> });
> }
> return false;
>
> });
> });
>
> }
>
> I checked with firebug that all the scripts do infact load.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Geary [mailto:m...@mg.to]
> Sent: November-24-09 11:44 PM
> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [jQuery] Create a function?
>
> Do you have a <script> tag to load your external .js file?
>
> Post a link to a test page and I can tell you for sure what's wrong.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
> <d...@widepixels.com> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry. I cant seem to get it to go.
>
> Maybe I did not clearly explain the problem.
>
> I want to put the function like you have below in my external js,
> then on my
> html pages that have a form just set it up so all I have to do is
> include
> the setValidation( '#newAward', validate_awards ); on those pages so
> 1
> function gets called for every form.
>
> I put your function setValidation( selector, validator ) {
> ....
> }
> In my external js
>
>
> On the page with a form I put
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> $(document).ready( function() {
> setValidation( '#newAward', validate_awards );
> });
> </script>
>
> But when I load the page I get:
> setValidation is not defined
>
> Ideas where I screwed up?
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Geary [mailto:m...@mg.to]
> Sent: November-24-09 10:02 PM
> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [jQuery] Create a function?
>
>
> Your code could end up looking something like this:
>
> function setValidation( selector, validator ) {
>
> $(document).ready( function() {
> var $form = $(selector);
>
> $form.submit( function() {
>
> $form.validate( validator );
> var valid = $(this).valid();
> if( valid ) {
> var form_url = $form.attr('action');
> var page_target = form_url.substr(1).replace(new
> RegExp("/",
> "g"), "_");
> var queryString = $form.formSerialize();
> $form.ajaxSubmit({
> type: 'post',
> url: form_url + '/',
> data: queryString,
> resetForm: true,
> success: function( response ) {
> alert( response );
> $( '#' + page_target ).slideToggle('slow',
> function() {
>
> $(response).hide().prependTo('#sortable').slideDown('slow');
> });
> }
> });
> }
> return false;
>
> });
> });
>
> }
>
> And for the case you listed, you would call it like this:
>
> setValidation( '#newAward', validate_awards );
>
> I threw a $(document).ready() block into that code. You don't need
> that if
> your call to the setValidation() function is already inside a
> document ready
> callback, but it doesn't do any harm either.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
> <d...@widepixels.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have the exact same code on every page where a form gets
> submitted. How
> can i turn that into a simple function?
>
> The only thing that changes is the
> $(this).validate(validate_awards)
> and the
> form ID;
>
> It would be so much easier if the function was in one place
> and
> called where
> needed but I cant figure this out.
>
> Something like:
>
>
> $('#newAward').submit(function({
> myFormFunction(validate_awards, '#newAward');
> });
>
>
> where I could put in the formID and the validation rules to
> use
>
>
> CURRENTLY HAVE THIS ON EVERY PAGE: Only the "validate_awards"
> and
> "#newAward" changes
>
> $('#newAward').submit(function() {
>
>
> $(this).validate(validate_awards);
> var valid = $(this).valid();
> if (valid) {
>
> var form_url = $(this).attr('action');
> var page_target = form_url.substr(1).replace( new RegExp(
> "/"
> ,"g"), "_"
> );
> var queryString = $('#newAward').formSerialize();
> $(this).ajaxSubmit({
> type: 'post',
> url: form_url+'/',
> data: queryString,
> resetForm: true,
> success: function(response){
> alert(response);
> $('#'+page_target).slideToggle('slow', function
> (){
>
> $(response).hide().prependTo('#sortable').slideDown('slow');
>
> });
> }
>
>
> });
> }
> return false;
>
> });
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
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