Play sound when var == "something" or $(xxxxx).click.function()

Play sound when var == "something" or $(xxxxx).click.function()

Trying to get sound to play when a data file can't save on backup.

Something like below but can't get <audio> to work. Please help.

  1.     function bakitup(database) {
        var str='db='+encodeURIComponent(database)+'&dir='+encodeURIComponent(dir);
     
        $.ajax({
              url: 'DatabaseBakup.php',
              data: str,
              success: function(data) {

  2. if (data=="bad") {
       
       $("#showMessage").empty();
      
     <audio src="../Sounds/data_bad.wav autoplay='autoplay'></audio>
     
        $("#showMessage").append("File was not saved");
    }
  3. }

 Thanks R.