Question

I am getting this error when I click my submit button

Microsoft JScript runtime error: Unable to get value of the property ‘submit’: object is null or undefined

Here is my submit button

<input type="submit" id="btnSave" name="saveCommand" value="Save" />

and this is the script

 $("#btnSave").live('click', function (event) {
                        $(this).closest('form')[0].submit();
                    });

Any comments on why I am getting this error ?How to fix this error

Answer 1

Try like this:

$("#btnSave").live('click', function (event) {
    $(this).closest('form').submit();
});

Also .live() is deprecated. If you are using jQuery 1.7 you should use the .on() method:

$('form').on('click', '#btnSave', function() { 
    $(this).closest('form').submit();
});

Also what’s the point of using javascript to subscribe to the .click event of a submit button and submit the containing form? That’s what a submit button is intended to do => submit the form in which this button belongs. Or maybe this submit button is not inside a form? This would explain why you are getting the error => the closest selector returns nothing and there’s nothing to submit.