Jquery Validate 1.8.1 "jquery" Is Undefined Error Ie8

First off - yes - jQuery is being loaded before the validate plugin or any other js files. Getting 'jQuery' is undefined - jquery.validate-1.8.1.min.js line 13 character 1 in IE8.

Solution 1:

Try letting google host the script instead, also it is better to specify the MIME type 'text/javascript' when including the script.

<scriptsrc="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"type="text/javascript"></script>

Solution 2:

I found the error - the calls to CDN were http:// and needed to be https://. Even though IE asked if I wanted to load the potentially unsafe content and I said yes, it still never actually loaded the jQuery. Morale of the story - don't believe IE...