How can I rewrite the ErrorMessage for a CustomValidator control on the client?

Question

I have a CustomValidator that is validating a telephone number for several different telephone numbering schemes. The client-side javascript looks like this:

Answer 1

Just remove all instances of Text and ErrorMessage in the custom validator tag definitions then use

$(#id_of_custom_validation_control).text("custom error message");

Then with this, you can use one custom validator control and handle multiple error conditions

E.g

if(error1){
  $(#id_of_custom_validation_control).text("custom error message1");
}else $(#id_of_custom_validation_control).text("custom error message2");

Hope this helps