er:
var asseturl = $("#"+assetid).attr("href");
On Jul 18, 12:14 pm, EllisGL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try this:
> function deleteAjaxAsset(message, assetid)
> {
> var asseturl = $("#"+assetid.attr("href"));
>
> alert(asseturl);
>
> var confirmDelete = confirm(message);
>
> if(confirmDelete == true)
> {
> if(action == "delete")
> {
> $.ajax(
> {
> type : "POST", url : asseturl + "?action=delete" }
> );
> }
> }
> }
>
> $(this) refers to itself - since you had $(this) inside a function -
> it's referring the the function itself.
>
> if you had something that was somewhat like this
> <a href="#" id="myid" onclic="myfunction($(this);)">Click</a>
>
> It would send the properties of the "a" tag in which it's contained to
> the argument of the function.
>
> <a href="http://www.testpage.com"; onclick="deleteAjaxAsset('Are you
> sure you want to delete?','testid'); return false;">Delete</a>
> On Jul 18, 11:58 am, hubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I might be getting confused about the proper use of "this". I thought
> > I understood how this worked, and that since I am triggering the
> > onclick even on an anchor, that the "this" would be in the context of
> > that anchor tag, so that I could grab its href.
>
> > Here is what I have done, but it is returning undefined for asseturl.
>
> > function deleteAjaxAsset(message, assetid) {
> > var asseturl = $(this).attr("href");
> > alert(asseturl);
> > var confirmDelete = confirm(message);
> > if (confirmDelete == true) {
> > if(action == "delete") {
> > $.ajax( {
> > type : "POST", url : asseturl + "?action=delete" }
> > );
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> > <a href="http://www.testpage.com"; onclick="deleteAjaxAsset('Are you
> > sure you want to delete?','testid'); return false;">Delete</a>
>
> > Thanks guys!
