my advice is not web2py related but when i am dealing with ajax and javascript in general i always fire up my firebug console.
On 14 Mart, 10:43, snfctech <[email protected]> wrote: > You're right. The example I gave isn't holding up anymore! (I swear, > I didn't change my code since my last post!) I'm getting tickets in > firebug for f3() not being defined - which makes sense. (Btw, I find > it easier to click the most recent ticket from the "error" menu in a > pre-existing ticket tab - rather than cutting and pasting from > firebug.) > > I think it may be related to some other odd behavior I can't figure > out: I keep on having to redefine the first argument of my ajax() > functions as 'project/default/function' sometimes, and other times > just 'function.' It seems random. > > I'll post back when I can either duplicate the scenario I described > above or figure out what's going on with the ajax() URL root.. > > On Mar 13, 11:50 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If your callback bg_function is being called by the client it should > > show in firebug. If you click on it it will tell you the response. If > > there was a web2py error, the response will contain a ticket url. Cut > > and paste the ticket url in the browser and you will see the error. > > > Anyway, if your callback returns a dict you should have a custom view > > else you get the generic one and I doubt that is what you want because > > it includes layout. > > > Massimo > > > On Mar 13, 11:19 pm, snfctech <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So I use firebug for most of my ajax debugging, but given the scenario > > > where your ajax bg_function returns a dictionary to a template that is > > > lacking one of the dictionary's keywords, firebug tells you nothing > > > and there are no server tickets. You've just got broken functionality > > > suddenly and have to go back and remember e.g. that your ajax call > > > depended on a function that's now broken, and so on. > > > > Like this: > > > > onclick=ajax('bg_function',['source_id'],'target_id') > > > > def bg_function(): > > > return dict(k1=f1(), k2=f2(), k3=f3(), k4=f4(), k5=f5()) > > > > # whoops! > > > # def f3(): return 'somestuff' > > > > I don't like it when stuff doesn't work and I don't see error > > > messages. Any thoughts on how to avoid errorless ajax bugs like this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
