jQuery disable rule validation on a single field

Question

I am using MVC to create forms that are generated at runtime. For validation, I am trying my hand at the jQuery validation library which is very convenient to use. I have th

Answer 1

I had a better time with $('.multiselect').rules('remove');

in my case for whatever reason adding .cancel or .data-val-ignore to both the $.validator.setDefaults and $('.multiselect') did not fix it.

I also tried

$('select[multiple][data-val]').removeAttr('data-val').removeAttr('data-val-number').addClass('data-val-ignore').validate({ ignore: "[multiple]" });
$.validator.setDefaults({ ignore: ":hidden,:disabled,.data-val-ignore" });
$('.multiselect').closest('form').data('validator').settings.ignore = ":hidden,:disabled,.data-val-ignore, .data-val-ignore *";
$('.multiselect').data('validator').settings.ignore = "[multiselect]"

each of those... and combinations of them

my jquery.validate.js was

/*! jQuery Validation Plugin - v1.11.0 - 2/4/2013
* https://github.com/jzaefferer/jquery-validation
* Copyright (c) 2013 Jörn Zaefferer; Licensed MIT */

jquery was

jQuery JavaScript Library v1.9.1 - Date: 2013-2-4