getScript is, as it's name says, for getting scripts. What happens
when you use the code below?
$.get(getURL, function(xml){
alert(xml);
});
On Feb 17, 3:33 am, Kuma Pageworks <brian.overl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I posted about this before, but the response didn't help - so I
> thought I'd try posting again.
>
> I have a function that's putting together a GET request and sending it
> off with $.getScript to retrieve an XML file. When I get the response
> back, Javascript throws an exception: missing ; before statement. I
> take that to mean that jQuery is handling the XML like a Javascript
> file. But the response is there! I can't get this to work with $.get
> - it just hasn't worked. So what I'm wondering is if I can work
> around this exception, or find some other way to get at the response.
> Here's my code:
>
> if(hasError == false) {
> $('#login').hide('slow');
> var getURL =
> "http://***.com/app/xml.pl?Email="; + emailVal +
> "&Password=" + passVal;
> try {
> $.getScript(getURL, function(xml){
> getXML(xml);
> });
> }
> catch (e){
> console.log(e);
> }
>
> }
>
> If someone can explain how I can get $.get to work, I'd take that as a
> positive step, too.
