Thanks, Ray, for the info! I was wanting to verify that I could call a method from the query string. And it's good to know that I can include the returnFormat specification, too.
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:44 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Is it possible to reference a cfc method using ajax? > > Don't forget that in CF8, you can convert a result to JSON over the > wire. So if some CFC, let's call it, um, nose, had a method, pick, > that returned an array, if you did an Ajax call to > > nose.cfc?method=pick&returnFormat=json > > The returnFormat argument will tell the CFC to JSON encode the result. > So there is no need to write a "special" method for the Ajax call. > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Rick Faircloth > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback, Judah... > > > > Rick > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:26 PM > >> To: cf-talk > >> Subject: Re: Is it possible to reference a cfc method using ajax? > >> > >> An ajax call is just an http call. It should work with any url you can > >> put in a browser. The important part is making sure that the request > >> returns the data you want and in the format you want. That can be the > >> tricky bit. The only gotcha I see there is that you are using a > >> relative path call for your url, so you'll need to make sure that your > >> ajax script thinks its in the place you think it is. I'd start doing a > >> fully qualified url so that you don't run into any issues there. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Rick Faircloth > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi, all...good Sunday to ya. > >> > > >> > I was wondering if it's possible for me to reference > >> > methods of a cfc in ajax code, e.g. > >> > > >> > $.ajax({ cache: false, > >> > type: "POST", > >> > url: "components/virtual_tours.cfc?method=getAllTours", > >> > dataType: "json", > >> > data: formval, > >> > success: function(response){ > >> > > >> > Or something like that... > >> > > >> > ??? > >> > > >> > Rick > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317748 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
