AJAX doesn't work cross-domain, doesn't matter what function you are
using. You have to either use JSONP (http://remysharp.com/2007/10/08/
what-is-jsonp/) or a proxy on your server.
On Feb 17, 12:48 pm, Kuma Pageworks <brian.overl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I get the 'restricted URI' error - since the URL is on a remote
> server, $.get isn't working. I may have to use $.ajax.
>
> On Feb 17, 2:01 am, Ricardo Tomasi <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > getScript is, as it's name says, for getting scripts. What happens
> > when you use the code below?
>
> > $.get(getURL, function(xml){
> > alert(xml);
>
> > });
>
> > On Feb 17, 3:33 am, Kuma Pageworks <brian.overl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I posted about this before, but the response didn't help - so I
> > > thought I'd try posting again.
>
> > > I have a function that's putting together a GET request and sending it
> > > off with $.getScript to retrieve an XML file. When I get the response
> > > back, Javascript throws an exception: missing ; before statement. I
> > > take that to mean that jQuery is handling the XML like a Javascript
> > > file. But the response is there! I can't get this to work with $.get
> > > - it just hasn't worked. So what I'm wondering is if I can work
> > > around this exception, or find some other way to get at the response.
> > > Here's my code:
>
> > > if(hasError == false) {
> > > $('#login').hide('slow');
> > > var getURL =
> > > "http://***.com/app/xml.pl?Email="; + emailVal +
> > > "&Password=" + passVal;
> > > try {
> > > $.getScript(getURL, function(xml){
> > > getXML(xml);
> > > });
> > > }
> > > catch (e){
> > > console.log(e);
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > If someone can explain how I can get $.get to work, I'd take that as a
> > > positive step, too.
