That does help, thanks. I'm new to client side programming. Normally I do everything server side.
I've got a census data zipcode database sitting on server, and on that server some javascript that when a zip code is filled in checks back with the server for the city / state. I also have used the reCaptcha javascript thing, and that can update itself with a new captcha. I thought I could make a relatively straightforward javascript library to sharr this around my other sites without having to run server side code and database everywhere. I don't seem to know which manual I should be reading though. Can someone give me a shove in the right direction? Thanks, Chris On 9/10/09, T.J. Crowder <t...@crowdersoftware.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > All relative URLs within a page (including ones in JavaScript Ajax > calls) are resolved relative to the document's URL, not the script > file's URL. So "/zipcode.cgi" will resolve relative to the URL of the > HTML document, which if I'm reading you correctly is on server 2. > Hence the 404. > > To really hit server 1 instead, you'll have to use an *absolute* URL, > but you'll also have to be using a browser that supports the new CORS > initiative[1] (relatively few so far) and ensure that the servers are > set up to return the appropriate CORS headers, otherwise by default > you'll run into SOP[2] issues. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/access-control/ > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy > > HTH, > -- > T.J. Crowder > tj / crowder software / com > www.crowdersoftware.com > > > On Sep 9, 4:07 pm, MonkeyBoy <casny...@pennswoods.net> wrote: >> I've got a fairly small zip code to city + state chunk of javascript >> that I run on server 1, and call on server 2. >> >> I load prototype.js and my code (zipcode.js) from server 1 in some >> html on server 2. The problem comes when I make the Ajax.Updater >> call, as it updates the page with a 404 error, and it is hitting the >> zipcode.cgi on server 2 rather than on server 1. >> >> Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? >> >> The javascript in its entirety is thus: >> function startupcitystate () >> { >> var citystateselector = $('citystateinput'); >> citystateselector.update("<INPUT TYPE='text' NAME='zip' >> ID='zipcode' onkeyup='checkZip();'>"); >> >> } >> >> function checkZip() >> { >> var citystateselector = $('citystateinput'); >> if($F('zipcode').length == 5) >> { >> var url = '/zipcode.cgi'; >> var params = 'zipcode=' + $F('zipcode'); >> var ajax = new Ajax.Updater( >> 'citystateinput', >> url, >> {method: 'get', parameters: params, onFailure: >> reportError}); >> } >> >> } >> >> function reportError(request) >> { >> $F('citystateinput') = "Error"; >> >> } >> >> startupcitystate(); > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
