[jQuery] Ajax call with a Form button

[Shannon]

Hi everyone,

I am attempting to fetch a page via ajax when a person submits a form
button.

JAVASCRIPT:
function sEngFam(str)
{
  $('#south').html('Loading data, please wait...').load("select3.php?
q="+str);
}

HTML:
<form name="form" method="get" action="">
   <input type="text" name="q" value=""/><br />
   <input type="button" onClick="sEngFam(this.form)" name="submit"
value="submit"/>
</form>

When I click the button I see the "Loading data, please wait..." but
the page then goes white. There is even static content from the
select3.php page that isn't showing up.

Any suggestions?