Question

I have the following code which is giving me a Method POST, Status (canceled) error message:

$(document).ready(function() {
    var xhr = false;

    get_default();

    $('#txt1').keyup( function() {
        if(xhr && xhr.readyState != 4){
            alert("abort");
            xhr.abort();
        }

        if ($("#txt1").val().length >= 2) {
            get_data( $("#txt1").val() );
        } else {
            get_default();
        }
    });

    function get_data( phrase ) {
        xhr = $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: 'http://intranet/webservices.asmx/GetData',
            data: '{phrase: "' + phrase + '"}',
            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
            dataType: 'json',
            success: function( results ) {
                $("#div1").empty();

                if( results.d[0] ) {
                    $.each( results.d, function( index, result ) {
                        $("#div1").append( result.Col1 + ' ' + result.Col2 + '<br />' );
                    });
                } else {
                    alert( "no data available message goes here" );
                }
            },
            error: function(xhr, status, error) {
                 var err = eval("(" + xhr.responseText + ")");
                 alert(err.Message) ;
            }
        });
    }

    function get_default() {
        $('#div1').empty().append("default content goes here.");
    }

});

The code actually works as long as each ajax request completes, but if I type fast into txt1, i.e. type the next character before the previous request finishes, I get the error message Method POST, Status (canceled).

Anyone know why this is happening and how to correct the error?

Answer 1

I suppose that the problem is very easy. If you call xhr.abort(); then the error callback of $.ajax will be called for the pending request. So you should just ignore such case inside of error callback. So the error handler can be modified to

error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
    var err;
    if (textStatus !== "abort" && errorThrown !== "abort") {
        try {
            err = $.parseJSON(jqXHR.responseText);
            alert(err.Message);
        } catch(e) {
            alert("ERROR:\n" + jqXHR.responseText);
        }
    }
    // aborted requests should be just ignored and no error message be displayed
}

P.S. Probably another my old answer on the close problem could also interesting for you.