[jQuery] Re: [validate] Allowing letters only in a text input?

Dave,

Thanks for the help. I think you'll be getting an email from me because I
clicked "reply to author" on accident. So, sorry about that.

I got everything working thanks to your tips and great example. I appreciate
your assistance on this.

Deron

I-CRE8 wrote:
>
>
> Deron,
>
> you would need to add the rule:
> lettersonly: true // assuming you want name to be validated with
> lettersonly
>
> to any set of rules that you want this method to apply to
>
> I have an example form set up here:
> http://ecommerce.i-cre8.com/admin/add-new-test.php
> that shows how you can set up custom rules
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Buchholz
> I-CRE8 Internet Solutions
> http://www.i-cre8.co.uk
> Skype: I-CRE8
>
>
> On Nov 30, 7:54 pm, deronsizemore <dsizemor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi! Thanks for the quick reply. So, with this code added, will it make
>> all
>> fields letters only or is there a way for me to specify what field(s) I
>> want
>> to allow letters only?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Deron
>>
>>
>>
>> I-CRE8 wrote:
>>
>> > On Nov 29, 11:06 pm, deronsizemore <dsizemor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> The code is as follows:
>>
>> >> jQuery.validator.addMethod("lettersonly", function(value, element) {
>> >>         return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z]+$/i.test(value);
>>
>> >> }, "Letters only please");
>>
>> >> My problem is that I'm not sure where to place the above code so that
>> I
>> >> can
>> >> require only letters in one of my fields?
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > you would please your code something like this:
>>
>> > <script type="text/javascript">
>>
>> > jQuery.validator.addMethod("lettersonly", function(value, element) {
>> >         return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z]+$/i.test(value);
>>
>> > }, "Letters only please");
>>
>> >    $().ready(function() {
>> >            $("#submit").validate({
>> >         errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
>> >              error.insertBefore(element);
>> >          },
>> >                 rules: {
>> >                         name: {
>> >                            required: true,
>> >                            lettersonly: true // assuming you want name
>> > to be validated with lettersonly
>>
>> >                         },
>> >                         email: {
>> >                                 required: true,
>> >                                 email: true
>> >                         }
>> >                 },
>> >                 messages: {
>> >                         name: "Please enter your name",
>> >                         email: {
>> >                                 required: "Please enter your email",
>> >                                 email: "Please enter a valid email
>> > address"
>> >                         }
>> >                 }
>> >         });
>>
>> >    });
>> > </script>
>>
>> > Regards,
>>
>> > Dave Buchholz
>> > I-CRE8 Internet Solutions
>> >http://www.i-cre8.co.uk
>> > Skype: I-CRE8
>>
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