php - why is jquery not passing a post value -

i have page 2 forms on it. shouldn't problem, not working. jquery looks this:

$(document).ready(function()         {             $("table.jobs tbody tr td#ejob").click(function()             {                 var $this = $(this);                 var col   = $this.text();                 var leftcelltext = $this.prev().text();                 $('#jobid').val(leftcelltext);                 if (col == '')                 alert("please pick column");                 else                 $('#jobupdate').submit();             });             var = new date();             var month = now.getmonth()+1;             var day = now.getdate();             var year = now.getfullyear();             if (month<10){month='0'+month}             if (day<10){day='0'+day}             var = month +"/"+ day + "/" + year;              var calendarbox = $('#caldate');             //$('#caldate').val(calendarbox.datetimepicker('getdate'));             var thisone = $('#caldate').val(calendarbox.datetimepicker('getdate'));              calendarbox.datepicker(             {                 mindate:('setdate', '' , new date()),                 defalt:calendarbox.val(now),                  onselect: function (selecteddatetime)                 {                     $('#caldate').val(calendarbox.datetimepicker('getdate'));                     alert("sendeing " + $('#caldate').val(calendarbox.datetimepicker('getdate')));                     $('#calendarform').submit();                 }             });         }         ); 

and forms this:

echo "<form id='calendarform' action='view_rev8.php' method='post'>"; echo "<table border='0' width='100%'class='calendartable'>"; echo "<tr><td align='left'>click on job number update or change job information</td>"; echo "<td align='right'></td>"; echo '<td align="right">calendar: <input type="text" id="caldate" size="15" name"caldate"/></td></tr>'; echo "</table>"; echo "</form>"; //creates form post jobid updatejobform.php echo'<form id="jobupdate" action="../forms/updatejobform.php" method="post">'; echo'<input type="hidden" name="jobid" id="jobid">'; echo '</form>'; 

the first function handles when user clicks on table item , submits post value without problem. datepicker works , form gets submitted, following error: undefined index: caldate following page:

$pickeddate = $_post['caldate']; include_once("../php/job_class.php"); echo $pickeddate;  $obj=new  jobs(); echo "<div style='border:solid 1px '>"; foreach ($obj $val) { echo "<pre>"; echo print_r($obj); //echo $obj->jobinfo(); echo "</pre>"; echo "</div>"; } 

why not working? simple post defined form, , far can see fields named consistently , accurately.

you have invalid html in input tag. (it's missing = sign.)

<input type="text" id="caldate" size="15" name"caldate"/>

should be:

<input type="text" id="caldate" size="15" name="caldate"/>

so js setting value since you're using id, name used posting form, why empty.