Put all the code you want executed after the post is complete into the
callback function.
or
Change chkmail function to call a new function (with the password and
email checks) instead of returning emailerror.
Paul
On Nov 27, 4:12 pm, QuadCom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I may have titled this wrong but that is the best description I could
> think of being a newbie.
>
> I have a function the inside calls another function. What I need to
> have happen is for the calling function to wait for a response from
> the called function but that is not what is happening. The calling
> function goes right on processing the rest of the script which of
> course errors out because the required vars are not set properly yet.
>
> Here is some code....
>
> var chkmail = function(data){
> if (data.exists == 1){
> $('#emailerror').show();
> var emailerror = 1;
> }
> else{
> $('#emailerror').hide();
> var olde = $('#editaemail').val();
> var emailerror = 0;
> }
>
> return emailerror;
>
> }
>
> //This is the pre submit function for the Jquery form plugin
> function presub(){
> \\get the new email address entered in the form
> newe = $('#editaemail').val();
>
> \\set the url var so IE won't cache the ajax call
> url = '/myaccount/process.cfm?t=' + new Date().getTime();
>
> \\password change test vars
> p1 = $('#editapassword1').val();
> p2 = $('#editapassword2').val();
>
> \\default error state vars set to 0
> emailerror = 0;
> passworderror = 0;
>
> \\UI update to notify client
> $('#editasave').attr("disabled","disabled").attr("value","One
> Moment");
>
> \\Test old email (set at doc.ready) to new email to see if they
> are different
> if(olde != newe){
> \\send new email through post to search DB for existing
> \\returns JSON either {"exists":"1"} or {"exists":"0"}
> \\callback set to fire chkmail()
> $.post(url, {checkname: newe}, chkmail, "json");
> }
>
> \\Check password fields to see if they are the same
> if (p1 != p2){
> $('#passerror').show();
> passworderror = 1;
> }
> else{
> $('#passerror').hide();
> }
> if(emailerror == 0 && passworderror == 0) {
> return true;
> }
> else{
> $('#editasave').removeAttr("disabled").attr("value","Save
> Changes");
> return false;
> }
>
> }
>
> After the $.post functions callback is triggered the script continues
> on to the password checks and since the $.post function hasn't
> received a response yet, the system doesn't catch the errors with the
> email address.
>
> I'm sure there is a more robust way of doing this but as I said
> earlier, I am a newbie to JS and learning as I go.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
