OK nevermind. after taking a break for a while and coming back, i
immediately found the exra comma in there. although, in my defense,
neither firebug nor webdeveloper toolbar fond the syntax error either.
On Mar 23, 10:54 pm, Ariel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a form set up with the validator plugin (ver 1.2.1) and
> jquery(1.2.2) and the whole thing works perfectly in firefox 3b4, but
> when i fire up IE (any version) i get a alert box with the following
> message: "Error: Expected Identifier, string or number". when i hit
> debug IE throws me to the postalcode definition in the rules section,
> and i can't figure out what might be going on here.
>
> There is no other javascript on the page.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ariel
>
> my code follows:
>
> <script src="lib/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
> <script src="lib/jquery.validate.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> jQuery.validator.addMethod("phone", function(value, element) {
> return this.optional(element) ||
> value.match(/^\d{3}-\d{3}-
> \d{4}$/);
> }, "Must be XXX-XXX-XXXX");
> jQuery.validator.addMethod("zip", function(value, element) {
> return this.optional(element) ||
> value.match(/^((\d{5}-\d{4})|
> (\d{5})|([a-z]\d[a-z]\s?\d[a-z]\d))$/i);
> }, "US or Canadian postal code only");
> $().ready(function(){
> $("#leadForm").validate({
> debug:true,
> rules: {
> firstname: "required",
> lastname: "required",
> phone: {
> required: true,
> phone: true,
> },
> postalcode: {
> required:true,
> zip: true
> },
> email: {
> required:true,
> email:true
> }
> },
> messages: {
> firstname: "required",
> lastname: "required",
> phone:{
> required: "required",
> phone: "XXX-XXX-XXXX"
> },
> postalcode:{
> required: "required",
> zip: "Zip, Zip+4, or Canadian"
> },
> email:{
> required: "required",
> email: "valid email required"
> }
> }
> })
> });
> </script>
> <style type="text/css">
> #leadForm label.error{
> color:#FF0000}
>
> </style>
>
> <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post"
> id="leadForm">
> <table>
> <tr>
> <td><label for="firstname">First
> Name:</label></td><td><input
> id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" maxlength="20" /></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><label for="lastname">Last
> Name:</label></td><td><input
> id="lastname" name="lastname" type="text" maxlength="20" /></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><label
> for="phone">Phone:</label></td><td><input id="phone"
> name="phone" type="text" maxlength="20" /></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><label for="postalcode">Postal
> Code:</label></td><td><input
> id="postalcode" name="postalcode" type="text" maxlength="10" /></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><label
> for="email">Email:</label></td><td><input id="email"
> name="email" type="text" maxlength="80" /></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><label for="besttimetocall">Best Time To
> Call:</label></
> td><td><select name="besttimetocall" id="besttimetocall"><option
> value="1">Morning</option><option value="2">Afternoon</option><option
> value="3">Evening</option></select></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td></td><td><input type="submit"
> value="Submit" name="submit" /></
> td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> </form>
