[jQuery] jQuery Validation Plugin & ASP.NET

[Zach]

I've tried to get this to work for the past 4 hours and I'm stuck.

I've got a master page with the following scripts added.

    <script type="text/javascript" src="/RohmPortal/scripts/
jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/RohmPortal/scripts/
jquery.validate.js"></script>

this is the form tag on my master page

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

in the HTML output of the page, it actually renders to "aspnetForm".

in the content page, this is what I have

    <script type="text/javascript">

        $().ready(function() {

        $('aspnetForm').validate();

        $('.TitleField').rules("add", {
            minlength: 2
        });

        });
    </script>

here is the control I'm trying to validate

<asp:TextBox ID="TitleField" name="TitleField" Width="390"
Columns="30" MaxLength="100" runat="server" EnableTheming="false"
CssClass="TitleField" />

here is the error I get when testing in IE7

Microsoft JScript runtime error: '$.data(...).settings' is null or not
an object

when I go to the debug in VS, it shows the $.data as being undefined.
What am I missing, I've tried to use a id selector as well, without
any luck.  I've tested my selectors by changing background colors, and
they alwasy work but why isn't this thing validating?

I'm probably missing something simple, any help is GREATLY
APPRECIATED!

Thanks,

Zach