How to get clientID of Datalist control using jquery

Question

How to get clientID of Datalist control using jquery , I tried using the code below with no succes:

$(document).ready(function(){
$('#<%=txtRenewalDate.ClientID %>').datepicker();
    $('#<%=txtCallBackDate.ClientID %>').datepicker();

});
<asp:DataList ID="dlCustomers" runat="server" ClientIDMode="Predictable">
    <ItemTemplate>
      <table border="0">
                    <tr>
                        <td class="">
                            RenewalDate:
                        </td>
                        <td class="">
                            <asp:TextBox ID="txtRenewalDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("RenewalDate") %>' ClientIDMode="Static"></asp:TextBox>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td class="">
                            Callback
                        </td>
                        <td class="">
                            <asp:TextBox ID="txtCallBackDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Callback") %>' ClientIDMode="Static"></asp:TextBox>
                        </td>
                    </tr></table>
                     </ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>

Markup when script is commented

                        <td class="">

                            RenewalDate:

                        </td>

                        <td class="">

                            <input name="ctl00$MainContent$dlCustomers$ctl00$txtRenewalDate" type="text" value="27/01/2012 00:00:00" id="txtRenewalDate" />

                        </td>

                    </tr>

                    <tr>

                        <td class="">

                            Callback

                        </td>

                        <td class="">

                            <input name="ctl00$MainContent$dlCustomers$ctl00$txtCallBackDate" type="text" value="27/01/2012 00:00:00" id="txtCallBackDate" />

                        </td>

                    </tr>

I get the following errors when i run : The name 'txtRenewalDate' does not exist in the current context The name 'txtCallBackDate' does not exist in the current context

Any ideas where i am getting it wrong .

Thanks

Answer 1

Is that the full/actual page source? Or do you actually have that script up in the head section? If you have that in the head section, I beleive you need to add runat="server" to your head tag.. there are some issues with running in-line code outside of the main form tag.