function redirect (url){
    document.location = url;
}

function validateForm(form_id){
    $.metadata.setType("attr", "validate");

    var validator = $("#" + form_id).validate({
        errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
                            error.appendTo( element.parent("td") );
                        }
    });
}

$(document).ready(
    function (){
        var myform = $('form[validateme]');
        if (myform.length > 0){
            validateForm(myform.attr('name'));
        }
    }
);