[jQuery] Trying to figure out how to use this custom validation...

[jQuery] Trying to figure out how to use this custom validation...


Hi, all...
Here's the function: (Thanks, Dan...)
<script type="text/javascript">
    function superCoolValidator(value,element,params) {
        if(isNaN(parseInt(value.replace(/[\$\,\.]/,"")))){
            return false;
            }else{
            return true;
        }
    }
    
</script>
Here's the addMethod line:
    $.validator.addMethod("superCoolValidator", superCoolValidator,
"Your input is not super cool!");
And here's the INPUT:
<INPUT id="Principal"
         Test="superCoolValidator:true"
         Name="Principal"
     Type="Text"
    
Value="#Ceiling(Trim(Get_Property_Details.Sale_Price))#"
         Size="14"
     Class="TextInput01">
I get no errors from Firebug, but the "superCoolValidator" (Dan's name :o)
doesn't
seem to have any effect on the input. The form gets submitted by this
input:
<INPUT ID="Calculate" Value=" Calculate " Type="Submit">
and the submission is caught by the submitHandler in this Validator
function:
$().ready(function() {
    
// validate Mortgage_Calculation_Form form fields on keyup
$("#MC_Form").validate({
    
     errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
//if(element.attr('id') == "Principal") {
         //error.appendTo("#principal_error");
     //}
        
          //else
        
     if(element.attr('id') == "Interest") {
         error.appendTo("#interest_error");
         }
            
else
            
     if(element.attr('id') == "Years") {
         error.appendTo("#years_error");
         }
            
    },//closes errorPlacement function
    focusInvalid: "false",
            
    event: "blur",
        
    rules: {
    
     //Principal: {required: true,
         //digits: true},
     Interest: {required: true,
         number: true},
     Years: {required: true,
         number: true}
        },
    messages: {
            
     //Principal: {required: "Please enter the Principal.",
             //number: "Please enter a number. Format: 255000
(No $ or , )"},
     Interest: {required: "Please enter the Interest Rate.",
             number: "Please enter a number."},
     Years: {required: "Please enter the Years.",
         number: "Please enter a number."}
         },
submitHandler: function(){
CalculateMortgage();
}
})
});
        
One last bit... the "CalculateMortgage" function that is called by the
submitHandler is this:
function CalculateMortgage(){
var Params = {};
$("input:text").each(function(){
Params[$(this).attr("name")] = $(this).val();
});
$.post("Mortgage_Calculation.cfm", Params, function(data){
    $("#Result").empty().append(data);
    
}
);
}
Can anyone make some sense of what's going on and what I need to do to get
the
"superCoolValidator" to have an effect on the "Principal" input?
Thanks!
Rick