You're setting the data on ul#otherLogin, but you're retrieving it on
div#otherLogin.
On Mar 4, 4:53 pm, pedalpete <p...@hearwhere.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to set and retrieve data without putting
> it into a class, element, or anything else visible, and in the dom.
>
> My site is integrating Facebook connect, and sometimes if a user
> hasn't logged in, I bring them to the login, but I'm trying to
> remember what function would have run if they were logged in so that I
> can call that after they login.
> currently i set the data like this
> [code]
> jQuery('ul#otherLogin').data('selectForLogin','getTracked');
> [/code]
> i then later try to get the value for 'selectForLogin like this
> [code]
> var refreshWhat=jQuery('div#otherLogin').data('selectForLogin');
> [/code]
>
> but i always get 'undefined';
>
> i've looked at the documentationhttp://docs.jquery.com/Data,
> but it leaves me with two questions
> 1) why is my data being set
> 2) do i have to 'remove' a data value? or do they just get overwritten
> if I set it again?
>
> any ideas?
