Nope, that does not work either.
On Apr 13, 12:20 pm, Jack Killpatrick <j...@ihwy.com> wrote:
> Maybe try:
>
> success: function(html){
> alert($(html).find('form').attr('action'));
>
> I had some issues in the past using form id's with the jquery form
> plugin, but usually getting it using 'form' worked.
>
> That said, since the response isn't in the DOM yet, I'm not sure if that
> might present an issue (too/instead).
>
> - Jack
>
> Nic Hubbard wrote:
> > Yes, this is very odd. I have tried it quite a few ways, but I can
> > never target the form. Any other ideas?
>
> > It is frustrating because I really need to target a form in the html
> > response...
>
> > On Apr 13, 11:45 am, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> That's strange. I can't get it to work either and I'm getting the same
> >> results as you (I can get #test2, but not #test). I've even truncated
> >> the response down to as if you're only receiving the <form> part and
> >> it still doesn't work. I'd be interested in seeing what happens here
> >> too.
>
> >> On Apr 13, 6:47 am, Nic Hubbard <nnhubb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Test page to show the problem:http://www.puc.edu/dev/tests/ajax-test
>
> >>> On Apr 13, 9:33 am, Nic Hubbard <nnhubb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> I am pulling my hair out over this. I swear that this is a bug.
>
> >>>> For some reason, I CANNOT target any forms within the html response.
> >>>> I have tried very simple examples and it still won't work. Here is
> >>>> what I have, that still returns undefined:
>
> >>>> HTML:
> >>>> <form id="test" action="http://test.com";>
> >>>> <span id="test2">this is my text</span>
> >>>> </form>
>
> >>>> jQuery:
> >>>> success: function(html){
> >>>> alert($(html).find("#test").attr('action'));
> >>>> alert($(html).find("#test2").text());
>
> >>>> }
>
> >>>> #test2 works, but #test never does, and it seems this is because it is
> >>>> a form. Have I done something wrong here? Can I not target a form?
>
> >>>> On Apr 12, 4:35 pm, Nic Hubbard <nnhubb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> I have an ajax GET call that returns the HTML of a page on my server.
> >>>>> Within that page is a form with a specific ID. I know it is there, I
> >>>>> can see it in the response in Firebug, but when I try to get
> >>>>> attributes of that ID, it always returns undefined! What have I done
> >>>>> wrong here?
>
> >>>>> success: function(html){
>
> >>>>> $(html).find('#main_form').each(function() {
> >>>>> var linking_data = $(this).serialize();
> >>>>> var form_action = $(this).attr('action');
> >>>>> alert(form_action);
>
> >>>>> });
> >>>>> }
>
> >>>>> I have tried to not use each() and that still returns undefined. I
> >>>>> don't get it.
