Man, that was easy! Thanks for help, it works like a charm now.
Dan Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ wrote:
your code is close, but because ajax is ASYNCHRONOUS the var gets set after the alert is executed. normally you would do everything that deals with the lk_id inside the success function (or a function called from inside the success function) On 1/15/07, Dan Caragea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi, I have some problems setting a global variable from within the success() function inside a .post. Here is a simplified version of what I have: function addedit() { var lk_id=0; $.ajax({url:'ajax/my_script.php', type:'POST', dataType:'html', data:'optype=add', success:function(data) { if (data!=null && data!='') { //alert(lk_id); lk_id=parseInt(data); } } }); alert(lk_id); } My script returns a single number and I want lk_id to get that value in the success() function of the ajax call. The commented alert() in the success function can read the value of the outer lk_id (in this case 0), lk_id is set to the new value but the last alert() of the function returns 0 again. This function is called from a link with the onclick="addedit()" attribute. I am using firefox 2 I suppose I could use the load() function to put the result in a hidden input, then read that input but it seems a little too complicated. Any help regarding this problem is appreciated -- Dan _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
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