I wonder why in this case, that onSuccess is executed before the DOM node has been created.
Using a hack is okay to get me up and running but I would like to know how to use ajax methods correctly On Aug 5, 10:48 pm, DJ Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > yes but onSuccess shouldn't be called until after the ajax.updater is > completed. Therefore the DOM node should be available at that point. > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Alex > > McAuley<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ajax is Asyncronous so it gets executed along with other script ... > > ergo its not serial like php and other stuff your prolly used to... > > > you can make a request synconous (script waits for the ajax request to > > finish before continuing but its not recommended > > > Alex Mcauley > >http://www.thevacancymarket.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ash" <[email protected]> > > To: "Prototype & script.aculo.us" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:37 PM > > Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Beginners question, trouble with Event.stop in > > AJAX > > > That seems to be working! > > > Is Event.observe.defer a standard method, or is it only to be used in > > certain cases? > > > I'm happy that it's working but I would really like to learn the > > basics properly. > > > Thanks anyway for getting me up and running! > > Ashley > > > On Aug 5, 10:32 pm, DJ Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> good question. You might change Event.observe( . . . etc to > >> Event.observe.defer( . . . and see if that fixes it. Odd that the > >> node isn't available in the DOM at onSuccess but that might work > >> around it while I research. > > >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Ash<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > yes, when I check the HTML tab, the form with the id=password-form has > >> > not been created within the email-response div, even though I have > >> > waited to check for it with the onSuccess line > > >> > EG > > >> > function callProcBasketEmail(e) { > >> > var pars = Form.serialize('email-form'); > >> > var myAjax = new Ajax.Updater('email-response', > >> > 'procBasketEmail.php', { > >> > method: 'post', > >> > parameters: pars, > >> > onSuccess: function(response) > >> > { > >> > Event.observe('password-form', 'submit', > >> > callProcBasketPassword); > >> > } > >> > }); > >> > Event.stop(e); > >> > } > > >> > Once I jump past the error, the email-response div gets populated with > >> > the form i'm trying to observe, so the question is, why is the > >> > onSuccess running before the DOM has been updated? > > >> > On Aug 5, 10:17 pm, DJ Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> actually just checked firebug, best place would be html tab. DOM tab > >> >> lists the entire DOM which would be very hard to go through. > > >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Ash<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> > Sorry, i'm quite new to this, should I be looking for the form > >> >> > id=password-form element in the DOM, not sure where to look for it in > >> >> > the DOM tab of firebug? > > >> >> > Is this correct? > > >> >> > On Aug 5, 10:06 pm, DJ Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> <nods> when Firebug breaks on the error, check the DOM tab to see > >> >> >> the > >> >> >> state at that particular moment. > > >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Alex > > >> >> >> McAuley<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> >> > Seems the element does not exist... > > >> >> >> > Does it exist in the DOM ? > > >> >> >> > Alex Mcauley > >> >> >> >http://www.thevacancymarket.com > >> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> >> > From: "Ash" <[email protected]> > >> >> >> > To: "Prototype & script.aculo.us" > >> >> >> > <[email protected]> > >> >> >> > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:04 PM > >> >> >> > Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Beginners question, trouble with > >> >> >> > Event.stop in > >> >> >> > AJAX > > >> >> >> > When I set firebug to break on all errors... > > >> >> >> > Submit the first form and I get (from prototype.js) > > >> >> >> > function getEventID(element) { > >> >> >> > element is null3936 if (element._prototypeEventID) return > >> >> >> > element._prototypeEventID[0]; (element is null error) > > >> >> >> > if I step past it and submit the second form I get the same error > >> >> >> > again > > >> >> >> > Unfortunately I don't know why both errors are caused, can you > >> >> >> > help > >> >> >> > please? > > >> >> >> > On Aug 5, 9:40 pm, DJ Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> Are you getting any Javascript errors? Note: firefox and firebug > >> >> >> >> is > >> >> >> >> your friend. Don't forget to break on all errors. > > >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Ash<[email protected]> > >> >> >> >> wrote: > > >> >> >> >> > Hi, I wasn't sure whether you meant in the 1st or second > >> >> >> >> > function, but > >> >> >> >> > it doesn't make a difference in either. > > >> >> >> >> > I think it is the Event.observe('password-form', 'submit', > >> >> >> >> > callProcBasketPassword); which is not working properly, > >> >> >> >> > although I > >> >> >> >> > don't know how to debug it > > >> >> >> >> > On Aug 5, 6:48 pm, DJ Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> Try adding e.preventDefault(); instead of Event.stop(e) and > >> >> >> >> >> let me > >> >> >> >> >> know if that works? > > >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM, > >> >> >> >> >> Ash<[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> > function callProcBasketEmail(e) { > >> >> >> >> >> > var pars = Form.serialize('email-form'); > >> >> >> >> >> > var myAjax = new Ajax.Updater('email-response', > >> >> >> >> >> > 'procBasketEmail.php', { > >> >> >> >> >> > method: 'post', > >> >> >> >> >> > parameters: pars, > >> >> >> >> >> > onSuccess: function(response) > >> >> >> >> >> > { > >> >> >> >> >> > Event.observe('password-form', 'submit', > >> >> >> >> >> > callProcBasketPassword); > >> >> >> >> >> > } > >> >> >> >> >> > }); > >> >> >> >> >> > Event.stop(e); > >> >> >> >> >> > } --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. 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