how to get the value in a table to be in a field on a form with jquery

I see your table, and you can get data with selectors like
$("table tr")(1).find("td")

But without knowing what you are specifically trying to get and how it changes, it is hard to give a specific answer.  I know I'd probably at least add an id to the table you are interested in to make the selector easier to work with.

Sorry about that!

I'm trying to get the values in these rows:

            <td class="ms-vb">ab</td>
            
            <td class="ms-vb">
                <nobr>
                <span>
                <A HREF="">Business Owner Value</A>
                </span>
                </nobr>
            </td>
            
            <td class="ms-vb">
                <nobr>
                <span>
                <A HREF="">Business Owner 2 Value</A>
                </span>
                </nobr>
            </td>


Then I'm trying to put those values in

<input name="ctl00$PlaceHolderMain$g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd$ff1_1$ctl00$ctl00$TextField" type="text" maxlength="255" id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff1_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField" title="Title" class="ms-long" />

<input name="ctl00$PlaceHolderMain$g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd$ff2_1$ctl00$ctl00$TextField" type="text" maxlength="255" id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff2_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField" title="business owner" class="ms-long" />

<input name="ctl00$PlaceHolderMain$g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd$ff3_1$ctl00$ctl00$TextField" type="text" maxlength="255" id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff3_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField" title="Business Owner 2" class="ms-long" />

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Based on what I can see in your html
$("td.ms-vb") will return the 3 columns you are interested in.

var data = $("td.ms-vb")
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff1_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(0).html());

// get the html inside of the a that is in the 2nd column with a class of ms-vb, put it into the value of the input with this id.
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff2_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(1).find("a").html());

// get the html inside of the a that is in the 3rd column with a class of ms-vb, put it into the value of the input with this id.
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff3_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(2).find("a").html());

HMM,,,

That didn't work.

I tried       <script>      

            var data = $("td.ms-vb")
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff1_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(0).html());

// get the html inside of the a that is in the 2nd column with a class of ms-vb, put it into the value of the input with this id.
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff2_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(1).find("a").html());

// get the html inside of the a that is in the 3rd column with a class of ms-vb, put it into the value of the input with this id.
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff3_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(2).find("a").html());

</script>



and


      <script>      
$(document).ready(function(){

            var data = $("td.ms-vb")
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff1_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(0).html());

// get the html inside of the a that is in the 2nd column with a class of ms-vb, put it into the value of the input with this id.
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff2_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(1).find("a").html());

// get the html inside of the a that is in the 3rd column with a class of ms-vb, put it into the value of the input with this id.
$("#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_g_0ea84a0f_dc84_4456_8f01_af9045c280fd_ff3_1_ctl00_ctl00_TextField").val(data(2).find("a").html());
});
</script>

The best way to debug this is with FireBug in Firefox, or the developer tools in IE8 or Google Chrome.  You can set a breakpoint on the javascript and see what is specifically happening.

I made the assumption that this one row of 3 columns is the only thing that has the class .ms-vb on it.  In the developer tools you can verify how many items $("td.ms-vb") is returning.  You can also verify that each of the other statements is finding the item that you intend it to.