Question

I am using asp.net datepicker. Then executing a static event when a user clicks on a date through jquery like such:

 <script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("#datepicker").datepicker({
            onSelect: function (dateText, inst) {
                $("#<%= lblDate.ClientID %>").text("Are available on " + $('#datepicker').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy' }).val());

                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: "Schedule.aspx/DisplayAvail",
                    data: "{}",
                    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                    dataType: "json",
                    success: function (msg) {
                        // Do something interesting here.
                    }
                });
            }
        });
    });
</script>

Code behind:

[WebMethod] 
    public static void DisplayAvail()
    {
         //Grab data from db to check avail from this date
    }

Which works fine. But, from this static method there is no way to access page level objects. How can I send data from this method to the page?

Answer 1

I decided the best rout to go is to use JQuery load() function to load an external page into the current page as such:

…Jquery

$("#GetData").load("getData.aspx?GetDate=012420012");

…html

<div id="GetData">
...
</div>

Thanks for all your feedback, but I think that this is the best way to go. Cheers! 🙂