Is there a function I can use to get the post_id? I need to have the post id laid down in the post.php to build an ajax call relevant to that particular post. Can anyone give me an idea?

[@_ck_ Participant 17 years ago]

You can do a global on $bb_post and then access any of the fields from there:

http://bbshowcase.org/reference/#bb_posts

so $bb_post->post_id is what you want.

There’s probably an internal function to do the same thing but there’s the direct way.