jQuery validation: some of the required field not filled but the form can still be submitted

Question

I used jquery validation (http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/) for form validation. The followings are some fragments of my code:

HTML:

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Answer 1

I had the same problem, what I did is:
1) change the the submit button :
from :

to

   

(the save button is not going to submit the form when is click it).

2)change my validation script to:

when the "save" button is hit, it validates the form. if the validation is correct, then it's going to submit the form.