Right from the docs
http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.ajax#options
"Object must be Key/Value pairs"
something that
data: "pText=some text"
is not (it's a string)
so with that pointed out, try
$.ajax({
url: "Publication.asmx/GetPublication",
data: { pText: "some text" },
type: "POST",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
});
On Jan 29, 10:58 am, graphicsxp <graphic...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to send a string to my webservice. The method I call
> expects a string parameter and returns a string of JSON data.
>
> I've tried this way :
>
> $.ajax({
> url: "Publication.asmx/GetPublication",
> data: "pText=some text",
> type: "POST",
> contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
> dataType: "json",
>
> });
>
> in which case I get the following error and the webservice is not even
> reached :
>
> Invalid JSON primitive: pText
>
> and this way :
>
> $.ajax({
> url: "Publication.asmx/GetPublication",
> data: "pText=some text",
> type: "POST",
> dataType: "json",
>
> });
>
> in which case the webservice is reached but then when the ajax call
> returns I get the following error :
>
> parseerror
>
> What do i need to do to fix this ?
>
> Thanks
