Just to add to what john said, it is not a limitation of jquery, but ajax in general, but i might be wrong... John, correct me if i am wrong.
-GTG On 8/11/07, John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You can't request JSON data from remote URLs, currently. You'll need > to run the request through a local server in order to get at the > specific data, unfortunately. > > --John > > On 8/11/07, neuromystical <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the following. I am new to > > JQuery and I do not know if I am doing anything wrong here. I am not > > just looking for an answer, I am trying to understand what is going on > > here and I do not understand by looking at the existing jquery.js I > > have or searching the web for jquery stuff. I realize their are Flickr > > scripts to addon to JQuery, but I want to understand JQuery. > > > > $(document).ready(function(){ //INIT Stuff > > // Your code here > > alert('Document Ready'); > > var url = 'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/ > > photos_public.gne? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&api_key=6470b0f7c050146a3dd9e861966092c5&format=json'; > > alert(url); > > $.getJSON(url,function(json) > > { > > alert('test'); > > //alert('I received the json and put it in the json var : > > ' + json.toString()); > > } > > //alert('nothing after this'); > > ); > > }); > > > > >