[jQuery] IE and onClick - not!

[jQuery] IE and onClick - not!

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Hello all,
The following function forms the first part of a two step confirmation
sequence for deleting either a quiz or a slideshow.
The onclick element is correctly produced for the second step of
confirmation.
Unfortunately, whereas FF fires the onclick event, IE7 does nothing,
zip.
<tt>function confirmDel(what,where,which,ht,pb){
    $("#"+where+"b").hide();
   
$("#"+where).fadeIn(500).css("height",""+ht+"");
        switch(what) {
        case "sshow":
            var
sWhat = 1;
           
break;
        case "quiz":
            var
sWhat = 2;
           
break;
        }
    $("#"+where).find('a').eq(0).attr('onclick',
'deleteItem(' + which + ','+pb+',1,'+sWhat+');return false;');
};
</tt>My googling has revealed that IE has a problem with dynamically
produced "onClicks", but that's about as far as my
understanding goes.  Is this problem a total block and/or are there
alternative approaches I should be taking to pass the variables to the
ajax call that does the final deletion?
Thanks,
Bruce</body>
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