[jQuery] .serialize and form elements in tables

[jQuery] .serialize and form elements in tables

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Hello folks,
I've been successfully using .serialize() to prepare input data when my
form has the structure
<tt><form id="processthis"><label 
for="d1">Your name</label><input id="d1"
type="text" name="dStartDate"> etc...
</form>
</tt>However, if the input elements are enclosed within a table structure
within the form, like so ...
<tt><form
id="processthis"><table><tr><td><label 
for="d1">Your name</label><input id="d1"
type="text"
name="dStartDate"></td></tr> etc..
</table></form>
</tt>... the serialize call doesn't do the necessary preparation - it
doesn't appear to fire at all.
There is something obviously wrong with my approach (and removing the
table is not a solution - its use is appropriate to the contents of the
form), but I cannot find any clues in the jQuery documents or this list's
archives.
I'd appreciate some illumination here.
Thanks,
Bruce
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