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No matter what I try I can't seem to set default messages values for the validation plugin. Among dozens of other things I've tried:

1. jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
     debug:true,
     errorClass:'test-error',
     messages: {
       equalTo: 'test123'
     }
   });

I've even tried invoking it directly:

1. var validate = $('#forgot-password-form').validate({
     debug:true,
     errorClass:'test-error',
     messages: {
       equalTo: 'test123'
     }
   });

Either way when I run validate.form() or I submit the form the default messages that I've set are not applied. I can see that they exist in the jQuery.validator.defaults object but they all seem to be completely ignored. I've run out of ideas at this point and would welcome a fresh look. I'm running jQuery 1.4.2.

Please help.

Thanks,
Dan