no no no no no. again.... CF = server side. JS = client side. if you pass JSON -to- the server -from- the client, you can use cfjson to create coldfusion structures with it. Or, if you're on CF8, you can just use the built-in deserializeJSON().
But (again)... if you've SENT data FROM coldfusion TO the client, you are now on the client. At some point you're going to have to accept that there is no client side ColdFusion. The "J" in AJAX is JavaScript. If you're going to be working with AJAX, you're going to have to bite the bullet at some point and roll up your sleeves and work with JavaScript. Or, yes, you can use the built in AJAX functionality within CF. depending on what you need to do it might be robust enough. But (IMO) the built in AJAX stuff, while handy for quick one-offs, is not a replacement for really knowing and understanding how to work with AJAX. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com>wrote: > > Thanks for the further tips, James...I'm sure it'll all > come clear...(eventually :o) > > So, am I to understand, that after reading > http://jehiah.com/projects/cfjson/ > that CFJSON will translate my json-formatted > javascript data returned from an ajax call into > CF-formatted data, ready-to-use on my calling page > without having to write js translation looping procedures, etc.? > > In essence, CFJSON was written to solve my problem of getting > JSON-formatted data from a CFC back into CF-formatted data so > I can use standard CF operations on it? > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Holmes [mailto:james.hol...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:58 AM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: This CFC function and jQuery Ajax stuff is killing me... > > > > > > Try $.getJSON instead of $.ajax for a little more efficiency. > > > > cfajaxproxy is the JS way of getting to the same point, essentially. > > With either method, you need to be able to write the JS you need to > > use the result set. You're getting back an object with two properties: > > COLUMNS and DATA. COLUMNS is an array; DATA is an array of arrays. So > > yes, there's going to be some looping involved. > > > > mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: > > http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ > > > > > > > > 2009/2/4 Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com>: > > > > > > The call that I've been using is > > > > > > $.ajax({ cache: false, > > > type: "post", > > > url: > "../components/floor_duty.cfc?method="get_duty_schedule", > > > dataType: "json", > > > data: "formval", <--- form values, etc., are put into > this variable > > > success: function(response) { > > > > > > etc... > > > > > > and in the cfc method, I specify returnFormat = "json". > > > > > > I looked over the Adobe docs and another resource I found, > > > but I've got to tell you, I couldn't figure out what to do > > > with the information. > > > > > > Am I supposed to make use of "cfajaxproxy" tag or Spry or what? > > > From looking at the example in the docs for using an asynchronous > > > CFC proxy, it's quite complicated. Will I have to learn how > > > to loop over the data from the ajax call using javascript to be > > > able to use the data on my calling page? > > > > > > I hope there's a much simpler answer than what I'm suspecting. > > > I was just hoping I'd be able to use the struct (structSchedule > > > in my code) much like I would a cfquery. > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
