<p>Rather than population said DOM object with an external page such as HTML CFM or PHP, what if I simply want to send text?</p>

<p>I've tried:</p>

<p>$("#myDOMObject").val("some text");</p>

<p>No errors, but the object value doesn't update either.</p>

What element is "myDOMObject"? If it's a text input, your code should be working fine. If it's something else, use
```
$("#myDOMObject").text("some text");
```