I was using the wrong brackets.() not []
Working fine now.
Thanks for your help.
On Oct 30, 3:09 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > var arrpeople = transport.responseText.evalJSON(true);
> > alert(arrpeople.name); //this line doesn't fail but It
> > returns 'Undefined'
>
> You're getting back an array, right? Just because it only has one
> entry, doesn't make it less of an array. So you have to index into it
> for the record you want.
>
> alert(arrpeople[0].name);
>
> HTH,
> --
> T.J. Crowder
> tj / crowder software / com
>
> On Oct 29, 5:02 pm, gedm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm new to JSON and prototype so you may need to dumb it down a bit
> > for me. I am using the JSON for ASP code to return a recordset in
> > JSON format. It is only returning one record, which is correct for the
> > query I am running, but the JSON for ASP class is putting the [ ] at
> > each end of the data resulting in an array of data with 1 member.
>
> > How can I pass this via evalJSON in prototype. I want to retrieve the
> > values of the JSON data and fill some form fields but can't figure out
> > how to access the array. That is: data as follows
> > [ {"name":"John","surname":"Smith"}]
>
> > how do I access the name and the surname?
>
> > var arrpeople = transport.responseText.evalJSON(true);
> > alert(arrpeople.name); //this line doesn't fail but It
> > returns 'Undefined'
>
> > Firebug shows the evalJSON has worked because I can drill down into
> > arrpeople... 0... name and it shows John. What is the correct syntax
> > to show arrpeople(0).name ?
>
> > Thanks
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