What I don't like about that method is the loss of ease of updating
and reuse of code later on. If you stick it in a table coming back,
and need the some data somewhere else you cannot reuse it. Also,
changing things on server side requires recompiling in a java
environment, which is a drag for html development. In a PHP
environment it wouldn't be as big of a deal though.
It's also a matter of separating the data from the layout. I prefer
making an ajax request to retrieve data and do all of my layout/
styling and interactivity in javascript. That way it never becomes
confusing where to go to update things. If it's a data issue, you go
to the server, if it's a layout/styling issue then the problem is in
the javascript. When you start breaking that line by putting html in
the server side code, things can get messy.
That said, what you are talking about is a perfectly valid way to
code.
On Mar 14, 2:10 pm, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Then I must be missing something:
>
> $("#placetoinsert").load("path/to/url");
>
> would do the same thing, with the tableHTML constructed on the server
> side.
>
> On Mar 14, 5:02 pm, Josh Powell <seas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Because it puts it in the javascript and lets you easily manipulate it
> > with javascript. If you get html back from the server, it's more
> > difficult to manipulate.
>
> > $.getJson('path/to/url', function(data) {
> > var tableHTML = '<table>';
> > $.each(data.aaData, function() {
> > tableHTML += '<tr><td>' + this[0] + '</td><td>' + this[1] +
> > '</td></tr>';
> > });
> > tableHTML += '</table>';
> > $('#placeToInsert').append(tableHtml);
>
> > });
>
> > On Mar 14, 12:30 pm, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > If that's all your going to do with it, why not return a table from
> > > the server and simply .load() it? No transformation required in that
> > > case.
>
> > > On Mar 14, 9:23 am, finco <mbeck...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Sorry if this is a duplicate post - doesn't look like the last one
> > > > went through.
>
> > > > I've seen several examples of how to process json data with .each when
> > > > the field names come over with json. My data, howver, looks like the
> > > > following:
>
> > > > {"aaData": [
> > > > ["1001-00-1535.000","Tenant Improvements"],
> > > > ["1001-00-1558.000","Selling costs"],
> > > > ["1001-00-1560.000","Financing Fees"],
> > > > ["1001-00-1560.001","Financing Fees - Legal"],
> > > > ["1001-00-1565.000","Lease Costs"],
> > > > ["1001-00-1565.001","Lease Costs -Legal"],
> > > > ["1001-00-1565.002","Lease Costs - Brokerage"],
> > > > ["1001-00-1570.000","Legal Fees"]
> > > > ]}
>
> > > > How would I drop this data into a table?
>
> > > > Thanks in advance for your help.
