jQuery(function(){
 $("#btnsearch").click(function(){
 $(".error").hide();
 var hasError = false;
 var searchReg = /^[a-zA-Z0-9- ]+$/;
 var searchVal = $("#searchterm").val();
 if(searchVal == "") {
 //$("#searchterm").after('<span class="error">Please enter a search term.</span>');
 hasError = true;
 } else if(!searchReg.test(searchVal)) {
 $("#searchterm").val('');
 $("#searchterm").blur();
 $("#lblSearch").text('Please, Only Enter Letters or Numbers ');
 $("#searchterm").focus();  
 hasError = true;
 }
 if(hasError == true) {return false;}
 });
 });