Basically what I need done is i need "thequery" variable evaluated to be my string of params. like Value1: 1, Value2: 2, but I think jQuery thinks thequery is similar to declaring value1, it doesnt know any better. Is there anyway to say "This is a variable, evaulate it!?"
On Oct 1, 4:08 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've also tried this: > > if ( \$(e.target).is('.legacy_view') ){ > \$("#loading").toggle(); > var thequery = \$("input#legacy_data").val(); > alert (thequery); > \$("#query").load("/storeops/invoices/invoice.pl", {thequery}, > function(){ > \$("#loading").toggle(); > }); > > On Oct 1, 3:35 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I'm very in-experienced in javascript, this is my second javascript / > > jQuery experiment. I was wondering if someone could tell me what I'm > > doing wrong: > > > I have the following code > > > if ( \$(e.target).is('.legacy_view') ){ > > \$("#loading").toggle(); > > var thequery = \$("#legacy_data").val(); > > alert (thequery); > > \$("#query").load("/mysite/thepage.pl", {thequery}, > > function(){ > > \$("#loading").toggle(); > > }); > > > thequery is data the looks like this: "Value1: 1, Value2: 2". > > Basically I'm creating the list of variables with a perl script else > > where, and sending them to the javascript function by a hidden form > > field. > > > *The $'s in the javascript are esacped for perl. > > > Everytime I run this with thequery in my param list, my javascript > > debug window says "invalid object initializer". > > > Anyone know whats up here?