Could somebody tell me what is wrong with this script

$('input.make_purchase').click(
        message = "Hello";
        function(){
            if(message){alert(message); return false;};
         }
    );

The simple idea is to disable the "Make Purchase" input button
and return an alert message.

For some reason it doesnt like the way I assigned the "message" variable.
Returns error message

missing ) after argument list
        message = "Hello";\n

Ok. Fixed. This works.

$('input.make_purchase').click(function(){
        
    
            var message = 'Hello';
            if(message){alert(message); return false;};
         }
    );

OK. I've got this far.
It all works except I'm not sure how to finish.

After clicking the "OK" on the dialogue box I want the form which calculates the shopping cart to submit and run the PHP "post" method.

The form has a class of "update_now":

$('input.make_purchase').click(function(){
            var coupon_string = $('input#coupon_num').val();
            var coupon_value = $('span.my_coupon_discount').text();
            if(coupon_string&&(coupon_value=='$0')){alert("Oops. You forgot to update your shopping cart before checking out.\n\n Just click 'OK' to do it now.\n\nThank You!"); return false;};
        }
    );

The jQuery submit() method is both an event handler, or if not passed an argument, will submit a form automatically. http://api.jquery.com/submit/

Also, you could do it just as easily in plain JavaScript:

document.getElementById('my-form').submit();

Thanks. If I chain this:

if(coupon_string&&(coupon_value=='$0'))
{alert("Message!"); 
return false; 
$('my-form').submit();};

Will it pause when it hits the Alert and then continue with submitting the form after clicking OK?

Thats what is really stumping me right now.
Do I need to wrap the Alert in another function?

The alert will pause the execution, when you hit "ok" the following lines will be executed. However, the line 'return false;" will stop the submit() from happening since it causes the function to exit, so this line should appear at the end.

Thanks a bunch Wayfarer!

You're welcome