Question

My problem is with the validation of my form using Jquery. My validation was working good with the validate function only but then I added the submit option and the validation is not taking place. I would like to validate my form and then execute the submit.

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('#ReqCreateForm').validate({
         invalidHandler: function (e, validator) {
            var errors = validator.numberOfInvalids();
            if (errors) {
                var message = errors == 1
                ? 'Missing 1 field'
                : 'Missing fields';
                $("div.error span").html(message);
                $("div.error").show();
            } else {
                $("div.error").hide();
            }
        },
        onkeyup: false,
        highlight: function (element) {
            $(element).addClass('error');
        }, unhighlight: function (element) {
            $(element).removeClass('error');
        }
    });

    $('#ReqCreateForm').submit(function () {
        $.ajax({
            url: this.action,
            type: this.method,
            data: $(this).serialize(),
            success: function (result) {
                alert("All Great!");
            },
            error: function (jqXhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                alert("Error '" + jqXhr.status + "' (textStatus: '" + textStatus + "', errorThrown: '" + errorThrown + "')");
            }
        });
        return false;
    });
});

Thanks in advanced.

Solution:

The solution was very simply. Added the following code to my submit option, before $.ajax.

  if (!$(this).valid()) {
         return false;
    }

Answer 1

You have to invoke the valid function on the click handler of the submit button as so:

if($('#ReqCreateForm').valid())
{
    //then do your thing
}