MVC3 Unobtrusive Validation Not Working after Ajax Call

Question

Ok, here is the deal, I have seen a few posts on SO relating to this issue, but nothing is working for me.

Basically, I have select drop downs that are being load

Answer 1

I'm adding my experience as the above recommendations did not work for me. This solution did and may help others that get directed to this page from a search engine:

Add OnSuccess="$.validator.unobtrusive.parse('YourFormName');" to you AjaxOptions

An example using Ajax.ActionLink:

@Ajax.ActionLink("This is a test to get unobtrusive javascript working",
                 "Name_of_your_controller_action",
                 new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "POST", 
                                   InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace, 
                                   UpdateTargetId = "UserDiv", 
                                   OnSuccess="$.validator.unobtrusive.parse('UserDetailsForm');"  
                                 }
                )

This solution was found at: http://blog.janjonas.net/2011-07-24/asp_net-mvc_3-ajax-form-jquery-validate-supporting-unobtrusive-client-side-validation-and-server-side-validation