Setting your 'async' option to 'false' in your AJAX options should solve this issue. By default AJAX is asynchronous so your script will not wait for your AJAX response before it continues. Setting 'async' to false will have the script wait.
On Mar 12, 1:34 pm, Karl Rudd <karl.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suggest looking at one of the Ajax helper plugins, such as: > > http://plugins.jquery.com/project/AjaxManager > > If you want to DIY you'll need to either build some sort of "queue" or > nest the validation > > You could also try the validation plugin > (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/validate) which has a "remote" > option. > > Karl Rudd > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Andy789 <e...@abcstudio.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > Here is a simple fragment: > > > function zipSearch(){ > > var zip = $j('input#zip_entry').attr('value'); > > validateZip(zip); > > alert('second '+validation); > > ........... > > ............ > > } > > > function validateZip(zip){ > > $j.post("markers.php", { validate: zip}, > > function(xml){ > > validation = $j.xml2json(xml, false); > > alert('first '+validation); > > }); > > } > > > The problem is that the first function (zipSearch) calls validateZip > > and doesn't wait until it gets callback data from php file. So it > > jumps to the next line. I am getting 1st alert ('second '+validation) > > and next the alert from ajax function. > > > How can I fix it to make sure the first function waits until > > validateZip gets its callback? > > > thanks! > >
