Your META tag isn't closed properly so this is probably your starting point for investigation. Make sure your page validates before you start to dig into the JavaScript.
On Nov 24, 7:21 pm, jquery_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to run my page with the Validator code but on loading it > in IE6 I get the "Expected ;" error followed by "Object doesn't > support this property or method" errors. It has absolutely no problems > in Firefox3. Strangely enough when I comment out the <META http- > equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> line the > "Expected ;" error disappears although the validation still does not > work. Here's my page: > > ----------------------------------------------------- > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> > <html> > <head> > <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> > <title>test</title> > <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.validate.pack.js"></script> > <script id="demo" type="text/javascript"> > $(function() { > > <!-- form validation --> > $('#frmFilterEvents').validate({ > rules: { > txtStartDate: { > //sutterdate: true, > required: > "#txtEndDate:filled" > }, > txtEndDate: { > //sutterdate: true, > required: > "#txtStartDate:filled" > }, > txtZip: { > minlength: 5, > maxlength: 5 > } > }, > messages: { > txtStartDate: "mm/dd/yyyy > required", > txtEndDate: "mm/dd/yyyy > required", > txtZip: "Zip is 5 digits" > }, > errorPlacement: function(error, > element) { > if ( element.is(":radio") ) > error.appendTo( > element.parent().next().next() ); > else if ( > element.is(":checkbox") ) > error.appendTo ( > element.next() ); > else > error.appendTo( > element.parent() ); > } > }); > > > $('button[name=submitFilter]').click(function() { > return $('#frmFilterEvents').valid(); > }); > }) > </script> > </head> > <body style="margin:0;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="mls_member > tpl-3col"> > > <div class="mls_sidebar" id="mls_left"> > <div class="mls_navSub mls mls_colLf"> > <dl> > <dt>Filter Events</dt> > <dd> > <form action="" id="frmFilterEvents" method="post"> > > <fieldset> > <legend>Dates</legend> > <ol class="mls_dates"> > <li> > <label for="txtStartDate">From</label> > <span class="ui-datepicker-wrap"> > <input class="mls_text datePick" type="text" > name="txtStartDate" id="txtStartDate" value=""> > </span> </li> > <li> > <label for="txtEndDate">To</label> > <span class="ui-datepicker-wrap"> > <input class="mls_text datePick" type="text" > name="txtEndDate" id="txtEndDate" value=""> > </span> </li> > </ol> > </fieldset> > <fieldset class="mls_last"> > <legend>Location</legend> > <ol> > <li> > <label for="selMiles">Within</label> > <select name="selMiles" id="selMiles"> > <option value="10">10 Miles</option> > <option value="20">20 Miles</option> > <option value="50">50 Miles</option> > </select> > </li> > <li> > <label for="txtZip">of Zip Code</label> > <input class="mls_textSmall" type="text" > name="txtZip" id="txtZip" value=""> > </li> > </ol> > </fieldset> > <div class="mls_buttons"> > <button name="submitFilter" class="" > type="submit">Search</button> > </div> > </form> > </dd> > </dl> > </div> > </div> > > </body> > </html> > ----------------------------- > > Any idea what's wrong? > > Thanks.
