$getJSON problem...demo works, but not my code? - jQuery (English)

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Danny

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From: Danny <d.wac...@prodigy.net>

Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:29:15 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Thurs, Mar 13 2008 2:29 pm

Subject: Re: $getJSON problem...demo works, but not my code?

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jQuery replaces the '?' in the URL with a function name. Try the URL's
with something like 'callback=foo' in there; you'll notice that Flickr
puts that name in the return as a function call (' foo( {..})') while
your's still returns just [ {..} ]. And yes, using square brackets
instead of parentheses will give an error if you use them in a
function call

On Mar 13, 9:33 am, "Andy Matthews" <li...@commadelimited.com> wrote:

> Danny...

> But when I view both URLs directly in the browser there appears to be no
> difference in the return.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery-en@googlegroups.com] On

> Behalf Of Danny
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:55 AM
> To: jQuery (English)
> Subject: [jQuery] Re: $getJSON problem...demo works, but not my code?

> Try going to the commadelimited.com URL directly in your browser. It looks
> like it's not returning the correct JSONP format.
> Flickr returns (with callback=foo in the URL):
> foo( {...json...} )
> and commadelimited returns:
> [ {...json...} ]

> So it looks like the problem is on the server side.

> Remember, jQuery uses JSONP by creating a <script> element and using the URL
> as the src attribute, so the returned text is executed as javascript.
> foo( {...json...} );
> calls the function foo with the relevant data so you can use it.
> [ {...json...} ];
> creates an array with the data but promptly throws it away.

> Danny

> On Mar 13, 6:51 am, Andy Matthews <andyandja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > For the above code sample, it correctly throws an alert, then outputs
> > images of cats into the specified container.

> > For my code it does nothing. No errors, but also no alert. It's almost
> > like it's not returning anything to the page, but in Firebug I see
> > that the call is being made. In fact, here's the URL that Firebug
> > shows is going out:

> >http://www.commadelimited.com/uploads/bullhorn/bullhorn.cfc?method=re...

> > On Mar 13, 6:35 am, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > When you say "get an error", what's the error?

> > > Do you use Firebug (http://www.getfirebug.com) at all to help? it's
> > > great to help diagnose script/AJAX problems

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