[jQuery] Re: s.replace is not a function

[Mean Mike]

try alerting item.ImageTag and see if that gets you the string you
want I think your passing the entire json object rather then then
item's in your json array (thats what the square braces mean []=
array)

Mike


On Jun 29, 3:37 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I actually did try that
>
>     $.getJSON("http://localhost:59396/xxx/xxxHandler.ashx?
> action=xxxproductsjson",
>         function(data) {
>             $.each(data, function(i, item) {
>                 alert(item);
>                 carousel.add(i, decode(item));
>                 if (i == 3) return false;
>             });
>         });
>
> the alert gives me "[object Object]" which really doesn't help me at
> all.
>
> On Jun 29, 2:28 pm, Mean Mike <mcgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > alert item in your loop and see if your passing a string or not I
> > think that is essentially your problem
>
> > On Jun 29, 3:15 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > damn it, not resolved.  Same status as last.  Forget it.  I'll hack
> > > away at this.
>
> > > On Jun 29, 2:11 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > if I try a hard coded string like this, it's fine when I pass this
> > > > back.  Notice that it does NOT have the []:
>
> > > > string testJSON = @"{""ImageTag"":""&lt;img 
> > > > src=&quot;http://www.xx.com/image/473.jpg"alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;""},
> > > > {""ImageTag"":""&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.xxx.com/image/
> > > > 485.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;""}";
>
> > > > On Jun 29, 2:07 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > actually I think it is valid, the quote must have showed up rendered
> > > > > in that last post.
>
> > > > > [{"ImageTag":"&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.xxx.com/image/515.jpg";
> > > > > alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;"},{"ImageTag":"&lt;img 
> > > > > src=&quot;http://www.xxx.com/cat_image/426.jpg"alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;"}]
>
> > > > > oh well I'll play with it some more.
>
> > > > > On Jun 29, 2:02 pm, Mean Mike <mcgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > did that solve the problem ?
>
> > > > > > On Jun 29, 2:46 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Thanks mike.  It's a bit rough for me trying to customize this 
> > > > > > > stuff
> > > > > > > as I'm still pretty new to jQuery.  I've got the books and all but
> > > > > > > still not the easiest to code in...as we all know AJAX is not 
> > > > > > > easy.
> > > > > > > While jQuery makes it easier, it's still not that easy.
>
> > > > > > > On Jun 29, 1:40 pm, Mean Mike <mcgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > sorry I can't help with your carousel but that is not valid 
> > > > > > > > json you
> > > > > > > > have extra quote in this part of line  '.jpg" alt='
>
> > > > > > > > mike
> > > > > > > > On Jun 29, 2:07 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > It appears that the jCarousel project is obselete.  The forum 
> > > > > > > > > for it
> > > > > > > > > has halted in 2008.  This is frustrating as I'm trying to 
> > > > > > > > > look for a
> > > > > > > > > carousel that does dynamic loading.
>
> > > > > > > > > here's the json
>
> > > > > > > > > [{"ImageTag":"&lt;img 
> > > > > > > > > src=&quot;http://www.xxx.com/image/515.jpg";
> > > > > > > > > alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;"},{"ImageTag":"&lt;img 
> > > > > > > > > src=&quot;http://www.xxx.com/image/426.jpg"alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;"}]
>
> > > > > > > > > On Jun 29, 1:01 pm, Mean Mike <mcgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > ohh yeah can we see the json result ?
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Jun 29, 1:49 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > I borrowed this function 
> > > > > > > > > > > fromhttp://sorgalla.com/projects/jcarousel/examples/dynamic_flickr_feed.html
>
> > > > > > > > > > > function mycarousel_decodeEntities(s) {
> > > > > > > > > > >     return s.replace(/&amp;/g, "&")
> > > > > > > > > > >             .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
> > > > > > > > > > >             .replace(/&#039;/g, "'")
> > > > > > > > > > >             .replace(/&lt;/g, "<")
> > > > > > > > > > >             .replace(/&gt;/g, ">");
>
> > > > > > > > > > > };
>
> > > > > > > > > > > and I'm trying to use it in my code here:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > function mycarousel_itemLoadCallback(carousel, state) {
>
> > > > > > > > > > >     $.getJSON("http://localhost:59396/xxx/xxxHandler.ashx?
> > > > > > > > > > > action=cjson",
> > > > > > > > > > >         function(data) {
> > > > > > > > > > >             $.each(data, function(i, item) {
> > > > > > > > > > >                 carousel.add(i, 
> > > > > > > > > > > mycarousel_decodeEntities(item));
> > > > > > > > > > >                 if (i == 3) return false;
> > > > > > > > > > >             });
> > > > > > > > > > >         });
>
> > > > > > > > > > > };
>
> > > > > > > > > > > for some reason I get an error in firebug saying this:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > s.replace is not a function
> > > > > > > > > > > [Break on this error] return s.replace(/&amp;/g, "&")
>
> > > > > > > > > > > I know I've used this very same code before and the only 
> > > > > > > > > > > difference
> > > > > > > > > > > was that I changed some JSON that is returned but it's 
> > > > > > > > > > > valid json.