Never mind. My silly mistake. I was serializing an already serialized string
-----Original Message----- From: Zac Spitzer [mailto:zac.spit...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 5 August 2011 6:02 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [cfaussie] ColdFusion + JSON = grrrrrrr is it in a cfc? what is the return type? On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Steve Onnis <st...@cfcentral.com.au> wrote: > I have some JSON data being generated via javascript which is being > submitted to a page. The JSON object is an array of structures and i need > to make sure each structure in the array contains a particular value/pair > and if it doesn't i need to insert it in. > > > ** This is the JSON string before CF gets it ** > [{"coordinates":{"left":166,"top":236,"width":185,"height":146,"right":371," > bottom":407},"data":"sdfsdf"},{"coordinates":{"left":434,"top":364,"width":1 > 00,"height":50,"right":554,"bottom":439},"data":"emty"},{"coordinates":{"lef > t":230,"top":465,"width":100,"height":50,"right":350,"bottom":540},"data":"4 > 00 > chars"},{"coordinates":{"left":663,"top":104,"width":100,"height":50,"right" > :783,"bottom":179},"data":"no stars"}] > > This i do this to it.... > > notes = deserializeJSON(form.notes); > for (n in notes) { > if (NOT structKeyExists(n, "uuid")) { > n["uuid"] = createUUID(); > n["creator"] = "#request.currentUser.firstname# > #request.currentUser.surname#"; > } > } > notes = serializeJSON(notes); > > ** This is the JSON string after CF serializes it again ** > "[{\"coordinates\":{\"left\":166,\"top\":236,\"width\":185,\"height\":146,\" > right\":371,\"bottom\":407},\"data\":\"sdfsdf\"},{\"coordinates\":{\"left\": > 434,\"top\":364,\"width\":100,\"height\":50,\"right\":554,\"bottom\":439},\" > data\":\"emty\"},{\"coordinates\":{\"left\":230,\"top\":465,\"width\":100,\" > height\":50,\"right\":350,\"bottom\":540},\"data\":\"400 > chars\"},{\"coordinates\":{\"left\":663,\"top\":104,\"width\":100,\"height\" > :50,\"right\":783,\"bottom\":179},\"data\":\"no stars\"}]" > > It seems to be creating a "string" string and escaping everything. What > the!?? I need to store it as an actual JSON string without everything > escaped. > > Please don't tell me i have to strip out the "\" and quotations manually to > get it back to what it should be.... > > Steve > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. > To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. > > -- Zac Spitzer Solution Architect / Director Ennoble Consultancy Australia http://www.ennoble.com.au http://zacster.blogspot.com +61 405 847 168 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en.
