and just to note
success = SaveSearch_Success,
should look just like that...
it shouldn't be
success = SaveSearch_Success(),
or
success = SaveSearch_Success(data),
or *anything else*... it already "knows" to pass the resultant JSON
to the function
On Aug 20, 9:34 am, dkomo872 <dkomo...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Aug 20, 7:01 am, Leonard Martin <leonard.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > The trouble is that the $.post is run asynchronously so anything after
> > the $.post will be executed before the callback function.
>
> > If you want the returned data to be available outside the callback
> > then it will have to be inside a function which is called from within
> > your callback method.
>
> > e.g.
>
> > var data1;
>
> > $.post('save_search.php', formData, function(data) {
>
> > data1 = data;
> > handle();
>
> > } );
> > function handle() {
> > jsonData = eval('(' + data1 + ')');
>
> > if (jsonData.return_status.search("successful") > -1)
> > $('#msg_div').html("<font color=red>Search was saved</font>");
> > else
> > $('#msg_div').html("<font color=red>Search was not saved. Try
> > saving again.</font>");
>
> > }
>
> Sadly, I talready ried this and hit what appears to be another
> problem. "handle()" (or my equivalent function) came up as undefined
> according to Firebug when I tried to call it inside the callback
> function.
>
> It may be because my Javascript code is within the <body> of the HTML
> file (due to reasons out of my control) rather than the <head>. Maybe
> I can't use functions this way inside <body>. Or maybe it's same old
> asynchronous problem with Ajax.
