Yeah these things happen oh well.
T.J.
I will let you know if i find a more graceful way around it.
Thanks for the help!
Michel Belleville
And in reference to your question earlier Michel through firebug i am
not getting an HTML wrapper. It is just the divs and their content.
On Dec 9, 3:56 pm, "T.J. Simmons" <theimmortal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I found a way around it where i pull everything into a div with a
> > display of none, then i pull the .html() from that and then wipe it
> > out again after i get what i need.
>
> Yep, just did that myself and it works fine. That's a cheap way of
> doing things though.. death to IE, I say.
>
> Oh well.
>
> On Dec 9, 1:18 pm, kingunderscore <brad.kings...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No i haven't seen that yet that i can remember, but i have ran into a
> > lot of issues with IE before it is hard to keep track of them.
>
> > I found a way around it where i pull everything into a div with a
> > display of none, then i pull the .html() from that and then wipe it
> > out again after i get what i need.
>
> > On Dec 9, 1:57 pm, "T.J. Simmons" <theimmortal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > It needs a root element, that's what I just ran into an issue with
> > > (I'm trying something very similar).
>
> > > However, for some reason IE returns null when you try to get the
> > > information inside of the tag, but Firefox (and Chrome and Safari)
> > > return the correct information.
>
> > > Have you seen that before?
>
> > > On Dec 9, 12:47 pm, Michel Belleville <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Are you returning precisely this :
> > > > <div id="top">...</div>
> > > > <div id="middle">...</div>
> > > > <div id="bottom">...</div>
>
> > > > Or is there a wrapper around these divs like :
>
> > > > <html>
> > > > <body>
> > > > <div id="top">...</div>
> > > > <div id="middle">...</div>
> > > > <div id="bottom">...</div>
> > > > </body>
> > > > </html>
>
> > > > Because I think I remember jQuery doesn't like to fumble around raw xml
> > > > without a root element to wrap around it.
>
> > > > Michel Belleville
>
> > > > 2009/12/9 kingunderscore <brad.kings...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > > ok i'm failing, even the piggies aren't helping.
>
> > > > > ok this is the structure of what is coming back from my call.
>
> > > > > <div id="top">
> > > > > ...........
> > > > > </div>
> > > > > <div id="middle">
> > > > > .........
> > > > > </div>
> > > > > <div id="bottom">
> > > > > .........
> > > > > </div>
>
> > > > > so this is what i am doing...
> > > > > success: function(htmlReturn){
> > > > > mainData = $j('#top', htmlReturn).html();
> > > > > topData = $j('#middle', htmlReturn).html();
> > > > > leftData = $j('#bottom', htmlReturn).html();
>
> > > > > $j("#appliedFilters").html(topData);
> > > > > $j("#notAppliedFilters").html(leftData);
> > > > > $j("#searchResults").html(mainData);
> > > > > }
>
> > > > > What am i doing wrong? The selectors i am using to populate the
> > > > > variables keep returning nothing, i have to have the syntax wrong.
>
> > > > > Any help is appreciated^2
>
> > > > > On Dec 9, 1:01 pm, Michel Belleville <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Well obvisouly you've got it all now.
>
> > > > > > Always a pleasure ^^
>
> > > > > > Michel Belleville
>
> > > > > > 2009/12/9 kingunderscore <brad.kings...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > > > > Hmm ok.
>
> > > > > > > So i what i am getting from this is that i can refer to elements
> > > > > > > inside of the response object.
>
> > > > > > > $('#cold room').html($('house.of_bricks', piggies).html());
>
> > > > > > > So in my case if i call my file and build 3 different divs inside
> > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > the html output I can then take the innerHTML from each of the
> > > > > > > response divs and populate the divs that i have on the page.
>
> > > > > > > I think i got it. I will let you know if it works out.
>
> > > > > > > thanks a lot for your piggy example :)
>
> > > > > > > On Dec 9, 12:38 pm, Michel Belleville
> > > > > > > <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > Well, if you want to load 3 different bits of data to put in 3
> > > > > different
> > > > > > > > places all at once, first you've got to get your server to
> > > > > > > > return the
> > > > > 3
> > > > > > > > little bits of datas in only one query and wrap them in
> > > > > > > > containers so
> > > > > you
> > > > > > > > recognize them. So let's assume your unique query returns its
> > > > > > > > results
> > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > way :
>
> > > > > > > > <houses>
> > > > > > > > <house id="of straw"> a little piggy </house>
> > > > > > > > <house id="of_wood"> another little piggy </house>
> > > > > > > > <house id="of_bricks"> this clever little bastard piggy
> > > > > > > > </house>
> > > > > > > > </houses>
>
> > > > > > > > Now let's bring them where they belong.
>
> > > > > > > > $.ajax({
> > > > > > > > url: '/come_to_me_little_piggies.asp',
> > > > > > > > data: { or_i_will: 'huff', and: 'puff' },
> > > > > > > > cache: false,
> > > > > > > > success: function(piggies) {
> > > > > > > > // I'm real hungry, so the first one will end up in my stomach
> > > > > > > > $('#my_stomach').html($('house.of_straw', piggies).html());
>
> > > > > > > > // now I'm not so hungry so the second little piggy I'll keep
> > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > tomorrow
> > > > > > > > $('#leftovers').html($('house.of_wood', piggies).html());
>
> > > > > > > > // seems like this house of bricks was no match for mr wolf
> > > > > > > > after
> > > > > all,
> > > > > > > let's
> > > > > > > > put little smartass in the cold room
> > > > > > > > $('#cold room').html($('house.of_bricks', piggies).html());
>
> > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > });
>
> > > > > > > > But the important thing is if you don't want to do 3 queries,
> > > > > > > > you've
> > > > > got
> > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > return all data in just one query.
>
> > > > > > > > Michel Belleville
>
> > > > > > > > 2009/12/9 kingunderscore <brad.kings...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > > > > > > First of all i am working in ASP. And i have 3 elements i am
> > > > > trying
> > > > > > > > > to populate. I can do that no problem, but my issue is I am
> > > > > basically
> > > > > > > > > making the same Ajax request 3 times and there is SQL
> > > > > > > > > involved that
> > > > > i
> > > > > > > > > would rather only make once.
>
> > > > > > > > > I have pseudo code below to represent what i am doing. If i
> > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > just make one call and pull topData, LeftData, and gridData
> > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > cut the processing down significantly.
>
> > > > > > > > > $j.ajax({
> > > > > > > > > url: '/ajaxHandler.asp',
> > > > > > > > > data:
> > > > > > > > > {handleSection:["top"],searchTerm:[''+searchTerm]},
> > > > > > > > > cache: false,
> > > > > > > > > complete: function(){
> > > > > > > > > $j.ajax({
> > > > > > > > > url: '/ajaxHandler.asp',
> > > > > > > > > data:
> > > > > > > > > {handleSection:["left"],searchTerm:[''+searchTerm]},
> > > > > > > > > cache: false,
> > > > > > > > > beforeSend: function(){
> > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > complete: function(){
> > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > success: function(html){
> > > > > > > > > leftData = html;
>
> > > > > > > > > $j.ajax({
> > > > > > > > > url: '/ajaxHandler.asp',
> > > > > > > > > data:
> > > > > > > > > {handleSection:["grid"],searchTerm:[''+searchTerm]},
> > > > > > > > > cache: false,
> > > > > > > > > beforeSend: function(){},
> > > > > > > > > complete: function(){
> > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > success: function(html){
> > > > > > > > > gridData = html;
>
> > > > > > > > > // populate sections
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > $j("#top").html(topData);
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > $j("#left").html(leftData);
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > $j("#grid").html(gridData);
> > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > });
> > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > });
> > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > success: function(html){
> > > > > > > > > topData = html;
> > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > });
