How to fix JavaScript syntax error using Umbraco?

I'm using Umbraco, trying to follow the Base tutorial as shown on the website.

The following code gives me a syntax error in FireBug:

jQuery("#get").click(function() { 
        var pageId = <umbraco:Item field="pageID" runat="server" />;
          jQuery.get("/base/Sample/GetPageData/" + pageId + ".aspx", function(data){
            alert("Data loaded: " + jQuery(data).test());
          });
    });

I don't know if the umbraco code is causing the error but it is succesfully returning the pageId so the error reads as: Syntax Error: var pageId= 1007

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

EDIT: Hope this helps clarify things, if not let me know!

Button I am setting up in umbraco template of page:

<asp:Button id="get" Text="getxml" runat="server" />

Although I have just realised that the rendered HTML of the button is a bit of a mess:

<input type="submit" name="ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderDefault$get" value="getxml" onclick="javascript:WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions(new WebForm_PostBackOptions(&quot;ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderDefault$get&quot;, &quot;&quot;, true, &quot;&quot;, &quot;&quot;, false, false))" id="ContentPlaceHolderDefault_get" />

Why is it doing this??

This is the jquery code as generated in the page:

 jQuery("#get").click(function()
        var pageId = '1082';
          jQuery.get("/base/Sample/GetPageData/" + pageId + ".aspx", function(data){
            alert("Data loaded: " + jQuery(data).test());
          });
    });

I included the enclosing single quotes as suggested but with or without I am getting the same Syntax Error in FireBug and my script is not working

Solution

button with the Id 'get' was being generated as ContentPlaceHolderDefault_Get for some reason (Umbraco?). So I changed the name in the get method to the generated name whilst leabing the button Id as get.

I guess this was a result of me writing the button control in an umbraco template rather than copying over from a .net control