er: var asseturl = $("#"+assetid).attr("href");
On Jul 18, 12:14 pm, EllisGL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try this: > function deleteAjaxAsset(message, assetid) > { > var asseturl = $("#"+assetid.attr("href")); > > alert(asseturl); > > var confirmDelete = confirm(message); > > if(confirmDelete == true) > { > if(action == "delete") > { > $.ajax( > { > type : "POST", url : asseturl + "?action=delete" } > ); > } > } > } > > $(this) refers to itself - since you had $(this) inside a function - > it's referring the the function itself. > > if you had something that was somewhat like this > <a href="#" id="myid" onclic="myfunction($(this);)">Click</a> > > It would send the properties of the "a" tag in which it's contained to > the argument of the function. > > <a href="http://www.testpage.com" onclick="deleteAjaxAsset('Are you > sure you want to delete?','testid'); return false;">Delete</a> > On Jul 18, 11:58 am, hubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I might be getting confused about the proper use of "this". I thought > > I understood how this worked, and that since I am triggering the > > onclick even on an anchor, that the "this" would be in the context of > > that anchor tag, so that I could grab its href. > > > Here is what I have done, but it is returning undefined for asseturl. > > > function deleteAjaxAsset(message, assetid) { > > var asseturl = $(this).attr("href"); > > alert(asseturl); > > var confirmDelete = confirm(message); > > if (confirmDelete == true) { > > if(action == "delete") { > > $.ajax( { > > type : "POST", url : asseturl + "?action=delete" } > > ); > > } > > } > > } > > > <a href="http://www.testpage.com" onclick="deleteAjaxAsset('Are you > > sure you want to delete?','testid'); return false;">Delete</a> > > > Thanks guys!