Sadly. That doesn't do it either.
I am deliberately trying to send a ? (since the bug occurred when a
user typed it into an input box that I use as the basis of an AJAX
request). The bug occurs because jQuery is treating =? as a special
string, but it can happen for mundane reasons, and there is no way to
disable the behavior.
-ben
On Dec 6, 11:30 am, "Benjamin Sterling"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ben, (its like talking to myself)
> Put cache:true into your ajax call, the ? is to prevent caching.
>
> On 12/6/07, Ben Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Is this the wrong forum for this question? Should I take it to the
> > dev list or put it in the bug tracker?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > -ben
>
> > On Dec 4, 2:00 pm, Ben Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This is my first post so I really should thank everyone for a
> > > fanatastic library.
>
> > > However, I think I have found a bug...
>
> > > Using jQuery 1.2.1, if I have:
>
> > > $.ajax({
> > > type: "POST",
> > > url: "test.html",
> > > dataType: "json",
> > > data: {query: queryString},
>
> > > });
>
> > > When queryString starts with a ? it will get converted to
> > > jsonp1231234124...
>
> > > This is clearly happening because of the code at line 2226 of the full
> > > release version:
> > > // Build temporary JSONP function
> > > if ( s.dataType == "json" && (s.data &&
> > > s.data.match(jsre) || s.url.match(jsre)) ) {
> > > jsonp = "jsonp" + jsc++;
>
> > > // Replace the =? sequence both in the query
> > > string and the data
> > > if ( s.data )
> > > s.data = s.data.replace(jsre, "=" +
> > > jsonp);
> > > s.url = s.url.replace(jsre, "=" + jsonp);
>
> > > ...
>
> > > But I see no way to prevent that from happening.
>
> > > Now... one might suggest that I should avoid a leading ? in my option
> > > names. But I am taking them from input boxes and ? is a valid thing
> > > for a user to type. Unfortunately there seems to be no good way to
> > > escape the string to prevent this behavior (without teaching the
> > > called code how to unescape it).
>
> > > Also, the docs don't mention that the =? escaping happens to a json
> > > dataType... I see it for jsonp.
>
> > > Is this behavior intentional? If so, there should be a way to
> > > suppress it or at a way for the calling code to escape the values to
> > > cause a leading ? to be passed to the server.
>
> > > -ben
>
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> Benjamin
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