I assume the idea was to store the variable for later use, not how to
trigger a callback.
There's a number of situations I use fairly often which need me to
store a variable in an accessible place, but not utilize it until
later.
On Apr 9, 10:19 pm, "Michael Geary" <m...@mg.to> wrote:
> That's perfect, Rick, it's exactly the way I would have coded it.
>
> Hang in there on this client-side stuff! It will all continue to become more
> clear as you work with it.
>
> I have some sympathy for what you're going through with it. As more of a
> front-end guy, it happens to me every time I tackle back-end stuff like
> databases. Help me! Databases! Why can't it be something simple like
> closures and asynchronous Ajax calls? ;-)
>
> -Mike
>
> > From: Rick Faircloth
>
> > Here's a method that I'm using to pass data from an ajax
> > response to another function: (I'm starting with the
> > success: section of an ajax call)
>
> > success: function(response) {
> > if ( response.MESSAGE == 'Success' )
> > { populateStoryTable(response); }
>
> > else { alert(Rats! No good!); }
>
> > That makes all of the data sent back in "response"
> > available to reference in the function "populateStoryTable".
>
> > It's transferred to the populateStoryTable function by using
>
> > populateStoryTable(response) {
>
> > ...whatever code I want to run...
>
> > That's just a way to directly link the functions with the
> > data they need.
>
> > Michael, this is the method you're referring to which calls
> > the next function that's needed when the data is ready.
>
> > I've used this method of putting variables inside the ()
> > after a function call to pass data all around.
>
> > If I do an inline function call, I can use "myFunction(story_id)"
> > to pass a story_id to the "myFunction" function.
>
> > I'm just learning about this stuff, really, so I'm sharing
> > how I'm managing to make some of the jQuery and especially
> > ajax stuff work.
>
> > I've been working for a month trying to get an ajax app
> > finished that I could have completed in a day with standard
> > "page-to-page"
> > processing, passing variables through url's and session, but
> > I'm bound and determined to make this work. I keep writing
> > and re-writing the app as I learn more.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> > [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of Michael Geary
> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:20 PM
> > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Get var out of ajax scope
>
> > There's something missing in each of these solutions.
>
> > What about the code that will use this variable: How does
> > that code know
> > when the variable is ready to use?
>
> > That code could check to see if the variable is null, but
> > what does it do
> > then? Try again later? How much later?
>
> > What's more likely to be needed is that the complete()
> > function *calls* that
> > other code as a function. Then you know the data is
> > available, and you can
> > pass the data value directly to that function as an argument.
>
> > You can still put the data in a global variable, but there
> > may not be any
> > need to do that since you have to make a function call anyway.
>
> > -Mike
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> > > [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Garside
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:34 PM
> > > To: jQuery (English)
> > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Get var out of ajax scope
>
> > > Well, you've got two basic options. You can do a
> > > straightforward global variable like Hector suggested, or you
> > > can create and use a custom storage object in the jQuery
> > > namespace. Try adding to your
> > > code:
>
> > > $.__customStorage = {};
>
> > > $.get({
> > > url: 'some.page.php',
> > > complete: function(data){
> > > $.__customStorage.ajaxResponse = data;
> > > }
> > > });
>
> > > On Apr 9, 6:47 pm, Hector Virgen <djvir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Something like this might work:
> > > > var ajaxResponse;
>
> > > > $.ajax({
> > > > url: 'ajax.php',
> > > > complete: function(response) {
> > > > ajaxResponse = response;
> > > > }
>
> > > > });
>
> > > > -Hector
>
> > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Nic Hubbard
> > > <nnhubb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I have an $.ajax() call that I am using to GET some text
> > > from a page
> > > > > on my site. I have put it in a variable with the success
> > > function.
> > > > > How can I move that var up and out of the $.ajax function
> > > so I can
> > > > > use it in other parts of my script?
>
> > > > > Thanks.
