Thanks, guys! That took care of it! Rick
> -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of MorningZ > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:31 PM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Is this syntax correct? > > > And to build on Mike's reply > > understand that "this" is a DOM element in that context, *not* a > jQuery object > > so > > this.val is not valid > > but > > $(this).val() is valid > > > > > > > > > On Dec 16, 1:53 pm, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > When I write it like this $('input#emailaddress') > > > I get a "this.val undefined" error... > > > > That's because 'val' is not a property on a that element. You want > > 'value'.
