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POJquery fails when i use button tag in HTML to call Javascript function which in turn uses Jquery
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copied!<p>I have button on my HTML page. Initially i was using </p> <pre><code><input name="op" id="changepass_submit" value="Change Password" disabled="disabled" class="form-submit" type="button" onClick="change_passwd();" />. </code></pre> <p>Using this i am able to call the javascript function change_passwd() which has it's definition as,</p> <pre><code>function change_passwd() { var o_pass = document.getElementById('o_passwd').value; var n_pass = document.getElementById('n_passwd').value; var c_pass = document.getElementById('c_passwd').value; if(n_pass == "") alert("New Password can not be empty!"); else { if(n_pass == o_pass) { alert('New password and old password are same! Please choose different new password.'); } else { o_pass = rtrim(ltrim(o_pass)); n_pass = rtrim(ltrim(n_pass)); $.ajax({ type: "POST", data: {o_pass:o_pass,n_pass:n_pass}, url: "changepass", success: function(response) { var result = eval(response); alert(result[1]); window.location = "/my_profile"; } }); } } } </code></pre> <p>It works fine. </p> <p>But when i change <code><input></code> tag to:</p> <pre><code><button name="op" id="changepass_submit" disabled="disabled" class="form-submit" onClick="change_passwd();" style="width:150px;"><strong>Change Password</strong></button> </code></pre> <p>it gives jQuery error..</p> <p>why so? If any body has any suggestions or answers pls let me know. Thanks in advance.</p>

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