At the beginning - yes - jQuery is loaded before the validation plugin or any other js files.
Getting 'jQuery' undefined - jquery.validate-1.8.1.min.js line 13 character 1 in IE8. FF, Chrome, and Safari all have great form validation.
<title>app title</title> <script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script> <script src="path_to_file/jquery.validate-1.8.1.min.js"></script> // CSS and other scripts are here // </head> <body>
The above is included from the general header file. I have my actual validation rules on the page itself in another script block (but I also tried it in the header file in jquery and checked the script lock - not cubes on IE8.
If I continue to plow through the IE8 debugger, every time you click:
$(document).ready(function() {....
IE throws an "Expected Object" error message and points to "$"
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