jquery validate plugin with ajax duplicate check
jQuery validate plugin is pretty awsome. However it doesn’t do everything. That’s why the plugin have the addMethod function. And I need to add an ajax duplicate check for an email input. Here’s the method i wrote. There might be a better way. I would love to know.
jQuery.validator.addMethod("checkForDupeEmail", function(value, element, param){ var ajaxFunc = $.ajax({ async:false, //we have to set it to false, it does not return a value before we even complete the request. data:'email='+($.trim(value)), type:'POST', url:'/employees/ajax_checkDupe', dataType:'text', }); //here we check the response if(ajaxFunc.responseText == 1) return >true; else return >false; });