Fair enough. There *are* limits to what cfgrid can do "natively." But the basics are *so* easy.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]>wrote: > > Well, I have to admit I've never tried any of the > CF8 built-in ajax widgets. > > I've considered it, but as with most widgets, sooner > or later I'm going to run into their limitations and > have to learn to get more granular control over the > code by hand-coding it so I might as well start now. > > I've been working with jQuery and, up until now, everything > I've tried has been relatively simple. > > So, I thought I'd just try to tackle this so I can > keep everything hand-coded. (A glutton for punishment...) > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John M Bliss [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:20 PM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: This CFC function and jQuery Ajax stuff is killing me... > > > > > > Maybe OT but do you dislike cfgrid? > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Rick Faircloth < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, John...and thanks for the reply. > > > > > > Yes, the data is headed for a table. > > > > > > I'll be outputting rows set up like this: > > > > > > Date am/pm position agent > > > > > > Just those four rows. This is the first > > > time I've tried to output more than single > > > elements returned via ajax. Usually, I can just > > > specify what the individual data is for the return, > > > such as struct.name, struct.date, etc. Now I'm trying > > > to figure out how to deal with queries, etc. > > > > > > I wish I could somehow get this back into a structure > > > where I could use CF code to deal with it...oh, that > > > would be nice... > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John M Bliss [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:37 AM > > > > To: cf-talk > > > > Subject: Re: This CFC function and jQuery Ajax stuff is killing me... > > > > > > > > > > > > Can we have some more background? What are you going to be doing > with > > > this > > > > data once you get it back to the calling page? A grid or what? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM, James Holmes < > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try $.getJSON instead of $.ajax for a little more efficiency. > > > > > > > > > > cfajaxproxy is the JS way of getting to the same point, > essentially. > > > > > With either method, you need to be able to write the JS you need to > > > > > use the result set. You're getting back an object with two > properties: > > > > > COLUMNS and DATA. COLUMNS is an array; DATA is an array of arrays. > So > > > > > yes, there's going to be some looping involved. > > > > > > > > > > mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: > > > > > http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/2/4 Rick Faircloth <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > The call that I've been using is > > > > > > > > > > > > $.ajax({ cache: false, > > > > > > type: "post", > > > > > > url: > > > > > "../components/floor_duty.cfc?method="get_duty_schedule", > > > > > > dataType: "json", > > > > > > data: "formval", <--- form values, etc., are put > > > into > > > > > this variable > > > > > > success: function(response) { > > > > > > > > > > > > etc... > > > > > > > > > > > > and in the cfc method, I specify returnFormat = "json". > > > > > > > > > > > > I looked over the Adobe docs and another resource I found, > > > > > > but I've got to tell you, I couldn't figure out what to do > > > > > > with the information. > > > > > > > > > > > > Am I supposed to make use of "cfajaxproxy" tag or Spry or what? > > > > > > From looking at the example in the docs for using an asynchronous > > > > > > CFC proxy, it's quite complicated. Will I have to learn how > > > > > > to loop over the data from the ajax call using javascript to be > > > > > > able to use the data on my calling page? > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope there's a much simpler answer than what I'm suspecting. > > > > > > I was just hoping I'd be able to use the struct (structSchedule > > > > > > in my code) much like I would a cfquery. > > > > > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: James Holmes [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:01 PM > > > > > >> To: cf-talk > > > > > >> Subject: Re: This CFC function and jQuery Ajax stuff is killing > > > me... > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I should have added that I was wondering how you used jQuery to > do > > > the > > > > > >> Ajax call, since $.getJSON() should automatically convert the > JSON > > > to > > > > > >> data: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.getJSON > > > > > >> > > > > > >> mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: > > > > > >> http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> 2009/2/4 Rick Faircloth <[email protected]>: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Thanks for the tips, James... 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