simple get button

simple get button

Hi, 

As you may have guessed, I am new to jquery. 

I am having trouble linking a button to a get request (I do not want the page to load, rather hit a URI via api to trigger an event).


I've placed a button in a HTML template as such:

<input type="button" id="button" value="Click me to do stuff" onclick="doStuff()" />

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
          $('.button').click(function('doStuff''){
            $("#result")
            .html(ajax_load)
            .load(loadUrl, "http://URLisHere.com");
            }); 
        </script>

Would someone mind taking a look and letting me know what I misesd? Your help is very appreciated.

Cheers,

-Brian