[jQuery] Re: .val is not a function

And that's right, ".val" is NO function,
the function is ".val()".

by(e)
Stephan

2009/1/29 trancehead <williamjhurst@gmail.com>:
>
> All the core functions for JQuery seem to have stopped working.
>
> Jquery is the first script include so it appears before the other
> functions.
> <script src="../../Shared/JS/jquery-1.3.1.min.js" type="text/
> javascript"></script>
> <script src="../../Shared/JS/Functions.js" type="text/javascript"></
> script>
> <script src="../../Shared/JS/PPFFunctions.js" type="text/javascript"></
> script>
>
> I'm using asp.net webforms so I have a function that fetches each
> elements value for me according to the ID
>
> // Returns the value of an element using JQuery to find ASP.NET
> control ID - includes context for speed
> getElementValueWithContext = function(elementId, context) {
> // Returns all elements that end with the elementId
> return getElementWithContext(elementId, context).val;
> }
>
> This gives the error .val is not a function. The strange thing is if I
> return getElementWithContext(elementId, context).value; it works fine.
>
> This is not really a huge issue but it affects other core functions
> such as .html which I use a lot.
>
> I've been trying to figure this out for 2 days now and I'm at an
> absolute loss. Any suggestions?
>
>