Thanks, Keith. I missed that detail about to jsonp.
On Apr 7, 2013 2:31 PM, "Keith Gable" <[email protected]> wrote:

> JSONP cannot return headers or errors in most cases. This is because JSONP
> is loaded as a <script /> tag, and so either the code executes or it
> doesn't. Also, you may only GET with JSONP. jQuery is likely logging an
> error to this effect.
>
> If you are using PhoneGap, you can allow cross-site scripting using their
> whitelist. Otherwise, you can try to set up CORS. Then, use a normal Ajax
> request.
>
> There are also a few libraries which do browser-specific things to make
> JSONP less crappy, but I don't think they'll work for you.
>
> ---
> Keith Gable
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>
>
> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Brad Rhoads <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > It looks like that a HEAD request should work. But in my code below, it
> > doesn't appear that either the error function or the success function get
> > called. Note that async:true doesn't make any difference.
> >
> >
> >     // Check for application updates
> >
> >     $('input.updatecheck').live('click', function (event) {
> >
> >
> >
> >      var geturl;
> >
> >       geturl = $.ajax({
> >
> >         type: "HEAD",
> >
> >         dataType:"jsonp", //need to use JSONP to get to isriscouch
> >
> >         async: false,
> >
> >         url: '
> > http://user:[email protected]/ourdb/_design/library',
> >
> >         error:function (){alert("fail!");},
> >
> >         success: function () {
> >
> >           alert("done!"+ geturl.getAllResponseHeaders());
> >
> >         }
> >
> >       });
> >
> >       . . .
> >
> >  });
> >
> >
> >
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> > www.ontherhoads.org
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Marty Schoch <[email protected]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > A HEAD request for the document should return the revision (I think it
> > may
> > > be in the Etag header)
> > >
> > > Marty
> > > On Apr 6, 2013 12:58 PM, "Brad Rhoads" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > We're running a couchapp on TouchDB Android. The app has a "check for
> > > > update" option that of course, just starts a replication against the
> > the
> > > > version running online. But I'd like to tell the user either "update
> in
> > > > progress" or "no update available."
> > > >
> > > > It seems that I should just need to compare the rev of the local
> > _design
> > > > doc against the remote _design doc. Is there a way to request just
> the
> > > _rev
> > > > of the remote doc? So far I've only been able to retrieve the entire
> > > > document, which in the case of a couchapp is pretty big.
> > > >
> > > > As I was just writing that, it came to mind that I might just be
> better
> > > off
> > > > creating a separate document that has a last update/version number in
> > it.
> > > >
> > > > Any other approaches to this problem?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the help!
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> > > > www.ontherhoads.org
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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