Sorry I didn't provide an accurate description above. Basically the
scenario is that I have a asp:textbox control set with multiline, and
when the page renders, the id/name of the control also gets changed.
Anyways I was using the above as a way to get the value of the control
without knowing the exact id/name of the tag.
On May 11, 3:10 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The reason I am using the other is because of asp.net. When it renders
> it changes the id of the tag, so all I know is that snippet.
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> On May 11, 12:51 pm, Sam Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On May 11, 5:46 pm, Bil Corry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 5/11/2007 9:34 AM:
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> > > > I am trying to get the value of a textarea with the following code,
> > > > however it is returning null all the time.
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> > > > var curText= $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]").val();
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> > > This works:
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> > > var curText= $("#myText").val();
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> > > - Bil
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> > The "#myText" way is quicker as well. The reason "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > was not working was because it is a <textarea> rather than an <input>
> > ( "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" would have worked, but # is still a better
> > way).- Hide quoted text -
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