Thanks for the response. I may have jumped to the incorrect conclusion
- the article was about web services:
http://encosia.com/2008/03/27/using-jquery-to-consume-aspnet-json-web-services/
I do use the json helper you mentioned, thanks. Never used .ashx. I'll
try that.
On Jun 2, 3:17 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "What I've learned is that the $.getJason
> will not work on .Net because of the handler"
>
> I have no idea how such a conclusion came about, but rest assured that
> the $.getJSON method most definitely works with .NET
>
> I don't have time to really go through all that code, but i will
> provide some advice:
>
> 1) Use a Generic Handler (.ashx) instead of a web form page (.aspx),
> that way you avoid all the totally unnecessary overhead of going
> through the page life cycle
> 2) Check out NewtonSoft's Json.NET object, it really makes life easy
> as it will convert objects, collections, arrays, just about anything
> in the .NET world to JSON
>
> On Jun 2, 4:07 pm, will <wml...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I can not get this combo to work with an example from jQuery in
> > action. I'm trying to port the examples from jsp to .net. I'll post
> > the least amount of code. What I've learned is that the $.getJason
> > will not work on .Net because of the handler (not sure if this is true
> > but either method does not work), .Net will only process post request
> > for json.
>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > $(function(){
> > $('#styleDropdown')
> > .change(function(){
> > var styleValue = $(this).val();
> > $('#detailsDisplay').load(
> > 'getDetails.aspx',
> > { style: styleValue }
> > );
> > adjustColorDropdown();
> > })
> > .change();
> > $('#colorDropdown')
> > .change(adjustSizeDropdown);
> > });
>
> > function adjustColorDropdown() {
> > var styleValue = $('#styleDropdown').val();
> > var dropdownSet = $('#colorDropdown');
> > if (styleValue.length == 0) {
> > dropdownSet.attr("disabled", true);
> > $(dropdownSet).emptySelect();
> > }
> > else {
> > dropdownSet.attr("disabled", false);
> > //
> > $.ajax({ type: "POST", contentType: "application/json;
> > charset=utf-8",
> > url: "getColors.aspx",
> > data: "{}",
> > dataType: "json",
> > success: function(data) {
> > $('#errorDisplay').css('display', 'none');
> > $(dropdownSet).loadSelect(data);
> > adjustSizeDropdown();
> > },
> > error: function(xhr) {
> > $('#errorDisplay').html('Error getting colors: '
> > + xhr.status + ' ' + xhr.statusText);
> > $('#errorDisplay').css('display', 'block');
> > }
> > });
> > }
> > }
>
> > function adjustSizeDropdown() {
> > var styleValue = $('#styleDropdown').val();
> > var colorValue = $('#colorDropdown').val();
> > var dropdownSet = $('#sizeDropdown');
> > if ((styleValue.length == 0) || (colorValue.length == 0)) {
> > dropdownSet.attr("disabled", true);
> > $(dropdownSet).emptySelect();
> > adjustSizeDropdown();
> > }
> > else {
> > dropdownSet.attr("disabled", false);
> > $.ajax({ type: "POST", contentType: "application/json;
> > charset=utf-8",
> > url: "getSizes.aspx",
> > data: "{}",
> > dataType: "json",
> > success: function(data) {
> > $('#errorDisplay').css('display', 'none');
> > $(dropdownSet).loadSelect(data);
> > adjustSizeDropdown();
> > },
> > error: function(xhr) {
> > $('#errorDisplay').html('Error getting colors: '
> > + xhr.status + ' ' + xhr.statusText);
> > $('#errorDisplay').css('display', 'block');
> > }
> > });
> > }
> > }
> > </script>
