ASP.NET MVC 4 jQuery Validation Script Bundle Not Working

Question

I have recentely upgraded a website to use ASP.NET MVC 4 and have the following code to render my jQuery validation bundle.

But I get the following error:

Microsoft JScript runtime error: Object doesn't support property or method 'live'

And this error when clicking in a text box:

Unhandled exception at line 1234, column 5 in http://localhost:13112/Scripts/jquery.validate.js

0x800a138f - Microsoft JScript runtime error: Unable to get value of the property 'call': object is null or undefined

My bundle code:

    bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jqueryval").Include(
                    "~/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive*",
                    "~/Scripts/jquery.validate*"));

My _Layout.cshtml code:

    @Styles.Render("~/Content/css")
    @Styles.Render("~/Content/themes/base/css")
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryui")
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/modernizr")

Here is my rendered HTML:

<link href="/Content/site.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

        <link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.core.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.resizable.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.selectable.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.accordion.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.button.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.dialog.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.slider.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.tabs.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.datepicker.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.progressbar.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.theme.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

        <script src="/Scripts/jquery-1.9.0.js"></script>

        <script src="/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js"></script>

        <script src="/Scripts/jquery-ui-1.9.2.js"></script>

        <script src="/Scripts/modernizr-2.6.2.js"></script>

Can someone point out why this error might be occurring?

Thanks, Alex.

Answer 1

The .live method has been deprecated in jQuery v1.7+ and removed in jQuery v1.9+.

Bugreport: http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/13213
Explanation: http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#live-removed

.live() removed

The .live() method has been deprecated since jQuery 1.7 and has been removed in 1.9. We recommend upgrading code to use the .on() method instead. To exactly match $("a.foo").live("click", fn), for example, you can write $(document).on("click", "a.foo", fn). For more information, see the .on() documentation. In the meantime, the jQuery Migrate plugin can be used to restore the .live() functionality.

How to fix: Download the jquery migrate plugin and add it to your bundling:

  bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/jquery").Include(
              "~/Scripts/jquery-{version}.js",
              "~/Scripts/jquery-migrate-{version}.js"));

Update: The migrate plugin is now available from Nuget as well:

PM> Install-Package jQuery.Migrate