You are getting "error" because the parameter you use, the err parameter, is a simple status indicator that gets set to a few general values like timeout, success, or error.
In your case, use the function(xhr,err,e) function and try to print out e.name and e.message On 9/12/07, 0xCAFE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here's what I tried. > > I have copied the code from my page and cleaned it up so I only have > one form field and my ajax call. > > Here is the code : > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> > <head> > <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content- > type" /> > <title>Simple IE Ajax Test</title> > > <script src="jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- > jQuery --> > <script src="firebug/firebug.js" type="text/javascript"></script> > <!-- Firebug --> > > <!-- AJAX Username Availability Script --> > <script type='text/javascript'> > <!-- > > $.ajaxSetup({timeout: 3000}); > > $(document).ready(function(){ > // Execute the checkUsername on onBlur event > $("#txtUserName").blur( > function() { > checkUsername(); > }); > }); > > > // This will check if the username is already used by another > user. > function checkUsername() { > > var username = ""; > var previous_username = ""; > var in_ajax; > > // Removed Ajax result > $("#username_status").html(""); > > // If there is already a validation error, don't bother with > username verification > if( $("#txtUserName").parent(".error").length > 0 ) > return; > > username = $("#txtUserName").val(); > > if ((previous_username != username) && (username != '') && > (in_ajax != 1)) { > in_ajax = 1; > $("#username_status").html("<img src='images/ajax/ > loading.gif' border='0' valign='middle' alt='Loading...' />"); > try { > $.ajax({ > type: "GET", > data: {txtUserName: username}, > url: "http://server/AJAXCheckUsername.jsp?time="; + > (new Date()).getTime(), > timeout: 5000, > success: function(data) { > in_ajax = 0; > if( data == "Available" ) { > $("#username_status").html('<img > src="images/ajax/accept.png" border="0" alt="Available" > style="vertical-align: middle;" /> Username is Available!'); > $ > ("#txtUserName").parent().removeClass("error"); > } else if( data == "Not Available" ) { > $("#username_status").html('<img > src="images/ajax/cross.png" border="0" alt="Not Available" > style="vertical-align: middle;" /> Sorry. This username is already > taken.'); > $ > ("#txtUserName").parent().addClass("error"); > } else { > $("#username_status").html('<img > src="images/ajax/error.gif" border="0" alt="Error" style="vertical- > align: middle;" /> An Error Has OOOccured!'); > $ > ("#txtUserName").parent().addClass("error"); > } > }, > //error: function(xhr,err,e) { > // //$("#username_status").html('An Error > has occured. Please retry.'); > // $("#username_status").html('Error : ' + > err); > // console.log("Error : " + err ); > // } > > error: function(object, msg) { > //$("#username_status").html('An Error has > occured. Please retry.'); > $("#username_status").html('Error : ' + > msg); > } > }); > } catch(error) { > null; > } > } > > previous_username = username; > } > //--> > </script> > <!-- END AJAX Username Availability Script --> > > </head> > > > <body> > Simple IE Ajax Test<br /> > > <form id="frmGeneral" name="frmGeneral" action="" method="post" > class="uniForm"> > > <fieldset class="inlineLabels"> > <legend>Login Information</legend> > > <div class="ctrlHolder"> > > <label for="txtUserName"><em>*</em> Username</label> > <input name="txtUserName" id="txtUserName" value="" > size="20" maxlength="25" type="text"/> > <div class="rightSection" id="username_status"> > <span style="font-family : 'Verdana'; font-size : 8pt; > font-weight: bold;"></span> > </div> > <p class="formHint"> > Note: At least 6 characters long.<br>Only letters, > numbers, _ and . > </p> > > </div> > > </fieldset> > > </form> > <!-- end frmGeneral --> > > </body> > </html> > > As you can see, it's pretty simple now. In FF it works fine, no > errors. However, in IE I get the error: function part executed and > the msg value is "error". > > My questions : > > 1) Am I doing the error: function() part correctly ? > 2) How can I catch the real exception error message (something that > will help me get somewhere) ? I tried with the error: > function(xhr,err,e) syntax and always get the "error" message in IE. > > Thanks for your help !!! > 0xCAFE > > -- Ted
