problem with max in jquery.validate plugin

Question

I have the code that you can check in this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/4SCrp/5/

<form id="my_form">
    <input id="formfield1" type="text" maxlength="3" value="">
    <br/>
    <input id="formfield2" type="text" maxlength="3" value="">
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

and th followin script using jquery.validate plugin

$("#my_form").validate();

$('#formfield1').rules('add', {
    required: true,
    digits: true,
    max: 255
});

$('#formfield2').rules('add', {
    required: true,
    digits: true,
    max: 2
});

It is supposed to acept a maximum of 255 in the first field and a maximum of 2 in the second. But both give the error "Please enter a value less than or equal to 2." so it takes for all the last max defined.

Do you know how to solve that problem?

Manse · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 09:07:25Z

1

~~Its maxlength you need - not max check here -> http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/maxlength#length~~

Try specifying the rules as follows :

$("#my_form").validate({
    rules: {
        formfield1: {
            required: true,
            digits: true,
            max: 255
        },
        formfield2: {
            required: true,
            digits: true,
            max: 2
        }
    }
});

edited Aug 30, 2011 at 9:07

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 8:53

Manse

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7 Comments

David Over a year ago

no, ´maxlenght´ will only check the number of characters, not if the value is bigger that a given figure. I want to check that the written value is less than a different figure on each field.

Manse Over a year ago

Edited my answer - sorry !! i actually read the question correctly this time !!

Manse Over a year ago

@David This works fine -> jsfiddle.net/4SCrp/7 - the submit button causes a problem but instant validation is working fine - note the name attribute on the form fields

David Over a year ago

I see. The key is that it makes the validation by the name attribute instead of by the id. But it could be cases when you may need several elements with the same name and different rules. For that I couldn't reach a solution. Thank you very much Manse!!

Manse Over a year ago

You can use the class if you have single rule for multiple elements

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