the alerting is because of the asynchronous callback: it only triggers success when it receives response from the server, and by that time i already equals 5 (already looped multiple times), I think. Why you do not get that last page beats me, try for (var i=1;i<6;i+ +)
David Decraene http://ontologyonline.org On Dec 19, 8:42 am, "Sam Sherlock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say its a scope issue with the var i > > I am not a JS expert so this is not definitive > > var I = 0, dt = 5; > > for (i=1;i<=dt;i++) { > I = i; > $.ajax({ > type: "GET", > url: "http://example.com/5740/"+i+"/page.html";, > dataType: "text", > success: function(data){ > alert(I); > > } > })}; > > untested; I might either be barking up the wrong tree or I may have > misunderstood the quest > > or some other wiser jQuerian may have more to say, all part of the learning > curve :) > > On 18/12/2007, Ryura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Got a problem when looping ajax requests. I have probably made a > > mistake somewhere but I can't find it. > > > dt=5; > > for (i=1;i<=dt;i++) { > > $.ajax({ > > type: "GET", > > url: "http://example.com/5740/"+i+"/page.html";, > > dataType: "text", > > success: function(data){ > > alert(i); > > } > > })}; > > This alerts "5" 4 times. Interestingly, it correctly gets 4 pages: > >http://example.com/5740/1/page.html > >http://example.com/5740/2/page.html > >http://example.com/5740/3/page.html > >http://example.com/5740/4/page.html > > > What is the solution? > > Thanks, > > Ryura
