[jQuery] Validation plugin: combine functions with strings on remote error

[jQuery] Validation plugin: combine functions with strings on remote error


I'm using the validation plugin to validate a field remotely. The validation
portion works great, but I've got a question about the error message if the
validation fails.
I discovered that you can pass a function rather than a plain string as seen
below in the remote key. The problem is that when I do this, I lose the
ability to display a string of my choosing. Does anyone know how to
accomplish both?
messages: {
    pagealias: {
        required: 'Page alias is required',
        remote: function(){
            // highlight the field
            $field.pulse();
            // display message
            'This page alias is already in use'
        }
    }
}
Andy Matthews
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