noob java script issue

I have an issue on my site that i can get working, I am trying to use java script to submit a html form and set a value to an input when it does, I have it set up and it is working for one part but not another part of the site that I set up the same way, the only difference is that the part that is not working is a string and the part that is working is an int, I have tried playing around with " marks and cant seem to get it to work right...

Here is that javascrip :
//this is the part that works


function getDreamUser(DreamUser)
{
document.DreamUserform.Catogeory.value = DreamUser;
document.DreamUserform.submit();
}



and here is the html

<form name='DreamUserform' method='post' action='UserView.php'>
<input type='hidden' name='Catogeory' />
<a href=javascript:getDreamUser(testname)>testname</a>
</form>

 

i found the way to do it, I just thought I would post the fix.

function getDreamUser(DreamUser)
{
document.DreamUserform.Catogeory.value = String(DreamUser);
document.DreamUserform.submit();
}



and here is the html

<form name='DreamUserform' method='post' action='UserView.php'>
<input type='hidden' name='Catogeory' />
<a href=javascript:getDreamUser('testname')>testname</a>
</form>