I know this is simple but I can't figure it out today and I can't find the right solution.

I have a series of tabs which populate data. At the end is a confirmation tab. At this point they can click a 'submit' button. When this button is pressed a hidden form is populated with all the relevant data. I'd like this form to then be submitted but I can't figure out how to submit the form with JQUery. I've attempted to do a trigger on the button but perhaps I'm doing it wrong. Below is a sample of the code for the button taht gets clicked. Note the values populate, I just can't get the form to submit

  $('#submitAppointment').click(function() {

        $(# + formName + schedule_id option[value=' + $(input[name='appointmentTime']:checked).val() + ']).attr('selected', 'selected');      

        $(# + formName + apt_date).val($(#confirmDate).text());

        $(# + formName + first_name).val($(#confirmFirstName).text());

        $(# + formName + last_name).val($(#confirmLastName).text());

        $(# + formName + email).val($(#confirmEmail).text());

        $(# + formName + phone).val($(#confirmPhone).text());

        $(# + formName + notes).val($(#confirmNotes).text());

        $('#appt_form').submit(function() {

            alert('Handler for .submit() called.');

            return false;

        });

    });

Any ideas on what I'd need to do to rigger the submit function?