Using the jQuery validatation plugin to send multiple values to an ASP.NET MVC controller action?

Hi,

Using the jQuery Validation plugin and AJAX, how can I validate the contents of say an input (textbox) but pass more than one parameter to a controller action?

A brilliant example of passing a single value via AJAX using the plugin can be found here.

From stackoverflow

• Something like this?

  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("#form-sign-up").validate( {
      rules: {
        email: {
          required: true,
          email: true
        },
        surname: {
          required: true,
          surname: true
        }
      },
      messages: {
        email: {
          required: "Please provide an email",
          email: "Please provide a valid email"
        },
        surname: {
          required: "Please provide a surname",
          surname: "Please provide a valid surname"
        }
      }
    });
  });
  

  edit found a large demo here

  Kieron : The problem I have is that based on the user-name and the value of a hidden field goes into making a unique pair. So when validating the login name I need to pass both the login name and the hidden field value to an action. If you check the example in the question you'll see what I mean.

• Looking at the code for jQuery Validation it looks like the post data can not be customized. So you'll have to stick with query parameters:

   <script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("#form-sign-up").validate(
    {
      var param1 = $('#mytextbox').val();
  
      rules:
      {
          login:
          {
            required: true,
            remote: '<%=Url.Action("IsLoginAvailable", "Accounts") %>?param1=' + param1
          }
        }  
      });
  
  });
  </script>
  

• The correct Script will be

  remote: function() { var p = $j('#productName').val(); return "../Product/LookupRevision?p=" + p; } instead of

  remote: "../Product/LookupRevision"