[jQuery] [validate] Validation Plugin - how to remove a control form validation

[jQuery] [validate] Validation Plugin - how to remove a control form validation


Hi there
I'm building a login form, with a "Forgot password" link. When
clicked, I need to unset some validation options to successfully
submit the form.
The code I'm running does this:
    1 - remove the validation constraints from the password field
    2 - hide any error messages that were displayed for the password
field
    3 - submit the form using form.submit()
However, I can't seem to do either properly. Here's the code I'm
using:
    $('#password').attr('validation', '')
    $('label.error[for="password"]').hide()
    $("#login").validate()
The problems are:
    1 - form.submit() seems to bypass any of the validation
    2 - if I click the submit button manually, the initial validation
kicks in and the password error is re-displayed
Can anyone shed any light on what I should be doing. I'm not sure if
there are already options for this, alrthough I've looked through the
docs several times over.
Thanks,
Dave