title: submit button does not trigger server-side code
body: <p>the question says it all. i've an asp.net page using jquery. at first when i clicked the submit button, it'd show the object expected error. i ran the firebug and it displayed the error of 'return validate()' function which was added onClientClick of the button.</p>
  
  <pre><code>  &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
      $(document).ready(function() {
          // add custom validation methods
          $.validator.addMethod('phone', function(value, el, params) {
              return this.optional(el) || /^[0-9,+,(), ,]{1,}(,[0-9]+){0,}$/.test(value);
          }, 'Please enter a valid phone number');
  
          $.validator.addMethod('numbers', function(value, el, params) {
              return this.optional(el) || /^[0-9]+$/.test(value);
          }, 'Invalid entry. Only Numeric is allowed.');
  
  
          $.validator.addMethod('domainurl', function(value, el, params) {
              return this.optional(el) || /^(http\:\/\/(?:www\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+(?:(?:\-|_)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+(?:(?:\-|_)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}(?:\/)?)$/.test(value);
          }, 'Please enter a valid domain url');
  
  
          $.validator.addMethod('selectone', function(value, element) {
              return this.optional(element) || (value.indexOf("none") == -1);
          }, 'Please select an option.');
  
  
  
          $("#form1").validate({
              debug: true,
              rules: {
                  txt_name: {
                      required: true,
                      minlength: 2
                  },
                  txt_cmp: {
                      required: true,
                      minlength: 2
                  },
                  txt_tel1: {
                      phone: true,
                      required: true,
                      minlength: 3
  
                  },
                  txt_tel2: {
                      phone: true,
                      required: false,
                      minlength: 3
  
                  },
                  txt_mob: {
                      phone: true,
                      required: false,
                      minlength: 9
  
                  },
                  txt_email: {
                      required: true,
                      email: true
                  },
  
                  txt_domname: {
                      required: true,
                      domainurl: true
                  },
  
                  radiobt_domain: "required",
  
                  ddl_yremail: {
                      required: true,
                      selectone: true
                  },
                  ddl_email: {
                      required: true,
                      selectone: true
                  },
  
                  txt_space: {
                      required: true,
                      numbers: true
  
                  },
                  txt_calfr: {
                      required: true
                  },
                  txt_calto: {
                      required: true
                  }  
  
  
          },
          messages: {
              txt_name: {
                  required: "This field is required",
                  minLength: "Please enter a valid name"
              },
              txt_cmp: {
                  required: "This field is required",
                  minLength: "Please enter a valid commpany name"
              },
              txt_tel1: {
                  required: "This field is required",
                  minLength: "Please enter a valid telephone number"
  
              },
              txt_tel2: {
                  minLength: "Please enter a valid telephone number"
              },
              txt_mob: {
                  minLength: "Please enter a valid mobile number"
  
              },
              txt_email: {
                  email: "Please enter a valid email address",
                  required: "This field is required"
              },
  
              txt_domname: {
                  required: "This field is required"
              },
              radiobt_domain: "Select the Hosting Type"
          }
  
      });
  });
  &lt;/script&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i removed it, and now the submit button is  still not working. the server-side code is not executing. it isn't showing any error. i can't figure out what is the problem.</p>
  
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  <p>i've posted the code here: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/819801/object-expected-jquery">object expected - jquery</a></p>