Anyone got an idea's I've been looking nearly all day about javascript variables, and I just dont know enough about them to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I think its a jquery issue. How can I tell jQuery to evaluate this var?
On Oct 1, 5:18 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?