[jQuery] Re: getJSON returning undefined instead of XMLHttpRequest

2009-09-20 Thread Blixa
Wonderful! Thanks. On Sep 20, 12:16 pm, Michael Geary wrote: > Ah, I did misread the problem. Now I follow you, thanks for the > clarification. > > There is indeed a better and simpler way to do this, which works with > *any*kind of asynchronous callback. You don't need to rely on having a > sp

[jQuery] Re: getJSON returning undefined instead of XMLHttpRequest

2009-09-20 Thread Michael Geary
Ah, I did misread the problem. Now I follow you, thanks for the clarification. There is indeed a better and simpler way to do this, which works with *any*kind of asynchronous callback. You don't need to rely on having a specific object returned that you can stuff data into. Simply use a closure.

[jQuery] Re: getJSON returning undefined instead of XMLHttpRequest

2009-09-19 Thread Blixa
Hi Mike, I think you might have misread my post and the code attached. I am quite aware of the fact that the callback function only runs upon a successful completion of the request and is run asynchronously. If you look at the code i've written you'll see that i am in fact _counting_ on that sin

[jQuery] Re: getJSON returning undefined instead of XMLHttpRequest

2009-09-19 Thread Michael Geary
getJSON, like all Ajax and Ajax-style calls, is *asynchronous*. That's what the A in Ajax stands for. Instead of trying to use a return value, you need to use the getJSONcallback function (which you're already providing) to do whatever you want with the data. So your code might look something lik