Field validation w/js and jquery

[sme]

Hello!

I am currently a student at a local university studying C# and .NET. I do have a personal project however that is making my life crazy!

In adding a simple validated email form to a personal website I am adding text for the user to enter for validation of the form however it is not working correctly. For some reason, on clicking the submit button a validation error prints to screen even when the correct code is entered.

I appreciate any help you can offer. I hope the information I've supplied is sufficient.

I am using the scripts and libraries listed in the code below:

Script includes: 
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>	
<script type="text/javascript" src="/jquery.validate.js"></script>	
<script type="text/javascript" src="/inProgress/javascript/formValidation.js"></script>


<p class="labelCode">Please enter code:</p> 
<p id="codeVerify" name="codeVerify" value="xM14z">xM14z</p>
<input type="code" name="code" id="code" size="15" class="required">

code for formvalidation.js file:

	$(document).ready(function() {
	   $('#entry').validate({
	   	  rules: {
			  
			  name: {
				  required: true, 
				  rangelength: [3,35]
				  },
			  email: {
				  required: true, 
				  email: true},
			  code: {
				  equalTo: '#codeVerify'
				    }
			  },
			  
			  messages: {
			  
			  name: {required: "Please enter your name."},
			  email: {required: "E-mail addy please.", email: "Your email must be valid!"},
			  code: {equalTo: "Please enter the correct code!"}
			  }
			  
			  
		  
	   });  // end of validate()
	});

[jscheuer1]

You can't use a p like that. You can do it like so using a hidden input:

<p class="labelCode">Please enter code:</p> 
<p><input type="hidden" id="codeVerify" name="codeVerify" value="xM14z">xM14z</p>
<input type="code" name="code" id="code" size="15" class="required">

[sme]

Thank you ~ works perfectly!