//if you put CssClass="required" on the dropdownlist,
//then JQuery's default required field validator will valiate the dropdownlist,
//but it only returns false if there is no items in the dropdownlist
// -------------------Custom function: Required Validator for Drop Down List----------------------------------------------------
jQuery.validator.addMethod("Validate_ddls", function(value, element) {
if (null != element) {
var iValue = new Number(element[element.selectedIndex].value);
//if ddlColumns is not populated, selectedIndex will be -1
if (iValue <= 0 iValue == NaN) {
return false;
}
else {
return true;
}
}
else {
return false;
}
}, jQuery.validator.messages.required);
// -------------------Custom function: Positive_Integer_Exclude_Zero----------------------------------------------------
jQuery.validator.addMethod("Positive_Integer_Exclude_Zero", function(value, element) {
return this.optional(element) /^[1-9]\d*$/.test(value);
}, "Positive Integer Only");
// -------------------Custom function: Positive_Integer----------------------------------------------------
jQuery.validator.addMethod("Positive_Integer", function(value, element) {
return this.optional(element) /^[0-9]\d*$/.test(value);
}, "Positive Integer Only");
// -------------------Custom function: Positive_Decimal_Exclude_Zero----------------------------------------------------
jQuery.validator.addMethod("Positive_Decimal_Exclude_Zero", function(value, element) {
return this.optional(element) /(^\d*\.?\d*[1-9]+\d*$)(^[1-9]+\d*\.\d*$)/.test(value);
}, "Invalid Amount");
// -------------------Custom function: Positive_Decimal----------------------------------------------------
jQuery.validator.addMethod("Positive_Decimal", function(value, element) {
return this.optional(element) /(^\d*\.?\d*[0-9]+\d*$)(^[0-9]+\d*\.\d*$)/.test(value);
}, "Invalid Amount");
// -------------------Custom function: Validate_Email----------------------------------------------------
jQuery.validator.addMethod("Validate_Email", function(value, element) {
return this.optional(element) /^[\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4}$/.test(value);
}, "Invalid Email address");
// -------------------Validate the whole Form----------------------------------------------------
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#aspnetForm").validate({
rules: {
<%=txtTag.UniqueID %>:{
required: true
},
<%=ddlTables.UniqueID %>:{
Validate_ddls: true
},
<%=ddlColumns.UniqueID %>:{
Validate_ddls: true
}
},
messages: {
<%=txtTag.UniqueID %>:{
required: "Tag is required"
},
<%=ddlColumns.UniqueID %>:{
required: "Field is required"
}
}
});
});
<script type="text/javascript" src="../include/APF_js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../include/APF_js/jquery.validate.js"></script>