[jQuery] Re: Unable to get the latest text/value inside a textarea

Hi, I didn't check your code, but when you write "current value" and
"old value" I supposed you change those dynamically. In that you
should take a look at this:

http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live

Cheers

On 27 Jul., 05:49, JC <joel.cook...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now, I was not expecting this. You can get the text inside the
> textarea using something like:
>
> alert($('#id_of_textarea').text());
>
> That works, but if you bind it with an event, let's say onkeyup — you
> will never get the "latest" text inside the textarea. This was a
> complete surprise to me. The best way to do it would be to use the attr
> ('value')
>
> In the example below CustomerNotes is a textarea and it doesn't matter
> how I try to get the current value I end up getting the old value.  I
> have tried using $(#..).val() and $(#..).text.
>
> Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
> <code>
> $("#save_forecast").die("click");
>         $("#save_forecast").live("click", function() {
>             $.ajax({
>                 type: 'POST',
>                 url: '/core/forecasts/SaveComputeForecast',
>                 data: { "request.Id": "<%=Model.Id %>",
>                     "request.StartDate": $("#StartDate").val(),
>                     "request.EndDate": $("#EndDate").val(),
>                     "request.ResourceAmountRequested": $
> ("#ResourceAmountRequested").val(),
>                     "request.OS": $("#OS").val(),
>                     "request.MemorySizeInGb": $("#MemorySizeInGb").val
> (),
>                     "request.CustomerNotes": $("#CustomerNotes").text
> ()
>                 },
>                 beforeSend: function() {
>                 },
>                 success: function(data, textStatus) {
>                     $("#forcast_content").fadeOut('slow', function() {
>                         $("#forcast_content").html("<center>Forecast
> saved</center>");
>                         $("#forcast_content").fadeIn('slow');
>                         $.PopulateCurrentComputeForecastTable();
>                     });
>                 },
>                 complete: function() {
>                 }
>             });
> </code>