yup, i was using coldfusion's built in javascript escaping format, jsstringformat
i have found an appropriate function for json encoding option on cflib.org thanks for you help On 14 June 2010 17:42, Moataz Elmasry <zaza185198...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I just tried your string with an online parser: > http://json.parser.online.fr/ and eval() returned an error. > You don't need to escape the single quote character since its inside a > double quote, so just remove the slash \ and it should work > > > Eric Lemoine wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Zac Spitzer <zac.spit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Eric, >>> >>> thanks for trying that. >>> >>> I have created a cut down test case which demonstrates the problem >>> >>> http://mapguide-central.ennoble.com.au/testcase/geo_json_escaping/testcase.html >>> >>> there are two vector layers, one which is escaped and one which isn't >>> >>> the escaped one is on by default and doesn't render >>> >> >> Ok. >> >> But why are you escaping quotes? From my understanding you should not, >> only certain characters can escaped (with "\"), and the quote >> character isn't one of them. See <http://json.org>. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Zac Spitzer Solution Architect / Director Ennoble Consultancy Australia http://www.ennoble.com.au http://zacster.blogspot.com +61 405 847 168 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users