"and maybe this has no bearing at all"
it has zero bearing.....
in the code (which $.getJSON calls):
get: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
// shift arguments if data argument was ommited
if ( jQuery.isFunction( data ) ) {
callback = data;
data = null;
}
On Oct 23, 11:02 am, Chris <ccshan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I was perusing the group looking to help a colleague with a
> similar problem.
>
> One thing I noticed here, and maybe this has no bearing at all, was
> the difference between the syntax in the first two posts:
>
> jayQuery wrote:
>
> $.getJSON('http://site1:8888/myjson.json?format=json&callback=?', {},
> function(data) { alert(data.result); })
>
> Mike Alsup wrote:
>
> $.getJSON('http://site1:8888/myjson.json?format=json&callback=?',
> function(data) {
> alert(data.result);
>
> });
>
> Those are different from one another. jayQuery passes an empty set of
> braces as second argument to getJSON, whereas Mike's passes the data
> function as the 2nd argument. Also, jay's overall wrapper function is
> not closed with a semicolon.
>
> Not sure if it has any bearing at all, just noting that one says his
> works and the other says his doesn't, but they are different.
>
> On Oct 23, 8:47 am, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > the json file named "myjson.json" (I've reduced its contents to its
> > > minimum for testing purposes and it validates in JSONLint):
> > > {"result": "true"}
>
> > > The javascript:
> > > $.getJSON('http://site1:8888/myjson.json', {}, function(data) { alert
> > > (data.result); })
>
> > > I'm testing it in a local server (MAMP), and the code above works as
> > > expected.
>
> > > The problem is when I place the query that contains the callback (?
> > > format=json&callback=?), as I understand correctly, this is the way to
> > > get cross domain json:
>
> > > $.getJSON('http://site1:8888/myjson.json?format=json&callback=?', {},
> > > function(data) { alert(data.result); })
>
> > > It doesn't show the alert, either when in my local server or in an
> > > outside server.
>
> > > By looking at the firebug console/net panel, I can see that the
> > > response + json are correct, but the alert simply doesn't happen...
> > > All this because of the cross domain query.
>
> > > I've tried all the other ways ($.ajax(), $.get(), $.post()) and after
> > > adding the callback query nothing happens!
> > > I've even tryed adding the "( )" and doing an eval, but nothing...
> > > Anything I put inside the function(data) {} is ignored.
>
> > Both of these methods work fine for me:
>
> > $.getJSON('http://site1:8888/myjson.json?format=json&callback=?',
> > function(data) {
> > alert(data.result);
>
> > });
>
> > $.ajax({
> > url: 'http://site1:8888/myjson.json?format=json',
> > dataType: 'jsonp',
> > success: function(data) {
> > alert(data.result);
> > }
>
> > });
