Well here is my final working solution, its the best I can do I
think...
if ( \$(e.target).is('.legacy_view') ){
\$("#loading").toggle();
var query = \$("#legacy_data").val();
var array = query.split(',');
\$("#query").load("/mysite/thepage.pl", {foo:
array[0], bar: array[1]},
function(){
\$("#loading").toggle();
});
Thanks for the help.
On Oct 4, 3:15 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> The only reason the \'s are in the JAVASCRIPT code is because perl
> users the $ sign to declare a scalar variable reference. I'm
> generating this code completely myself, the problem is this function
> is built way before the perl code even starts to run, the perl code is
> just putting the data it creates somewhere for javascript to pick it
> up later. (Thus the hidden form box). I'm pre-formatting with perl the
> way that its dropping it into the box. I'm just looking for a way to
> pick this data up from this input box and use it as the postdata.
>
> On Oct 4, 10:52 am, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The code below is not JavaScript code. It's Perl code. You wouldn't have
> > those backslashes in JavaScript code.
>
> > That's the problem I was referring to: You're trying to debug JavaScript
> > code, but you're not looking at the JavaScript code itself, you're looking
> > at the Perl code that *generates* the JavaScript code. That is a recipe for
> > confusion.
>
> > Anyway, it sounds like you're not giving jQuery's load() function the proper
> > format for the data variables. They should be in a JavaScript *object*, not
> > a string. Are you expecting Foo and Foo2 to come back to your submit page as
> > separate variables with values of 'Bar' and 'Bar2' respectively?
>
> > If so, is there any reason you have to put that data in a hidden input
> > field? Could your Perl code just write the correct JavaScript object
> > directly instead?
>
> > The code you'd want (the *JavaScript* code, not the Perl code) would be
> > something like:
>
> > var postdata = {
> > Foo: 'Foo2',
> > Bar: 'Bar2'
> > };
>
> > ...
> > $('#query').load( '/theurl', postdata, function() {...} );
>
> > That would then do a POST to your URL with the proper data. (You do want a
> > POST, not a GET, right?)
>
> > -Mike
>
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > > I'm not trying to debug anything on the perl side, like I
> > > said in my original post I'm very new to Javascript, so there
> > > is something I'm not getting in javascript that is causing problems.
>
> > > I'm creating a string in perl that looks like this "Foo: Bar:, Foo2:
> > > Bar2" and I'm writing that to a hidden input box. Then i want
> > > jQuery to pick up the string inside the input box and use the
> > > value from the input box as the variables for the send
> > > request to the .load page.
>
> > > However, for some reason its not quite working, here is what
> > > I have now that seems to work better, but isn't quite there...
>
> > > if ( \$(e.target).is('.legacy_view') ){
> > > \$("#loading").toggle();
> > > var thequery = \$("#legacy_data").val();
> > > alert (thequery);
> > > \$("#query").load("/mysite/thepage.pl",
> > > thequery, function(){
> > > \$("#loading").toggle();
> > > });
>
> > > The alert is for debugging, it tells me the correct format
> > > and then moves on. I can see on my error log of thepage.pl
> > > that it is not getting the values passed to it at all. So
> > > something must be wrong in my function. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> > > On Oct 3, 11:31 am, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > The problem is you're thinking in Perl. Forget Perl. You
> > > need to think
> > > > in HTML and JavaScript. You're trying to debug both sides
> > > at once and
> > > > that's not easy.
>
> > > > Instead, isolate the two problems. Load your page in the
> > > browser and
> > > > do a View Source to get the HTML code. Save that to a .html
> > > file. It
> > > > should load in your browser just like the one generated from Perl.
> > > > Tweak the HTML/JavaScript code and get it working.
>
> > > > Then, go back to your Perl code and figure out how to generate the
> > > > HTML and JavaScript that you've updated. It should be a much easier
> > > > task once you know what the working target is.
>
> > > > -Mike
>
> > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > > > > In perl I'm generating the list, e.g. = $helloworld =
> > > "hello: var1,
> > > > > goodbye: var2", so basically I'm getting this string from
> > > the input
> > > > > box, and I want to have jQuery use this string rather
> > > than expecting
> > > > > values, so I want thequery to be evaulated into the list for the
> > > > > jquery function to process it.
>
> > > > > On Oct 2, 7:29 am, Dave Methvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > \$("#query").load("/mysite/thepage.pl",
> > > > > {thequery},
> > > > > > > function(){
>
> > > > > > In this case the error is right. {thequery} is not a valid
> > > > > initializer
> > > > > > for an object.
>
> > > > > > Maybe you meant {data: thequery} or something like that?
> > > > > What is the
> > > > > > name of the parameter that your Perl page expects to get
> > > > > from the URL
> > > > > > querystring?
