Hi,
> var arrpeople = transport.responseText.evalJSON(true);
> alert(arrpeople.name); //this line doesn't fail but It
> returns 'Undefined'
You're getting back an array, right? Just because it only has one
entry, doesn't make it less of an array. So you have to index into it
for the record you want.
alert(arrpeople[0].name);
HTH,
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T.J. Crowder
tj / crowder software / com
On Oct 29, 5:02 pm, gedm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to JSON and prototype so you may need to dumb it down a bit
> for me. I am using the JSON for ASP code to return a recordset in
> JSON format. It is only returning one record, which is correct for the
> query I am running, but the JSON for ASP class is putting the [ ] at
> each end of the data resulting in an array of data with 1 member.
>
> How can I pass this via evalJSON in prototype. I want to retrieve the
> values of the JSON data and fill some form fields but can't figure out
> how to access the array. That is: data as follows
> [ {"name":"John","surname":"Smith"}]
>
> how do I access the name and the surname?
>
> var arrpeople = transport.responseText.evalJSON(true);
> alert(arrpeople.name); //this line doesn't fail but It
> returns 'Undefined'
>
> Firebug shows the evalJSON has worked because I can drill down into
> arrpeople... 0... name and it shows John. What is the correct syntax
> to show arrpeople(0).name ?
>
> Thanks
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