Question

I have this jQuery code:

        $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "/problems/vote.php",
                dataType: "json",
                data: dataString,
                success: function(data)
                {           
                    // ? :)
                    alert (dataString);


                },
                error : function(data) 
                {
                    alert("ajax error, json: " + data);

                    //for (var i = 0, l = json.length; i < l; ++i) 
                    //{
                    //  alert (json[i]);
                    //}
                }
            });

And when I use it, I get in the alert something cryptic like this: object XMLHTTPReqest

How do I actually get the value that was passed in from the AJAX?

Thanks!

Answer 1

In a couple ways:

console.log(data); // allows you to view your object in a tree in the console

or

alert(JSON.stringify(data)); // alerts a serialized string of the object

or in chrome/safari and firefox (firebug) set a break point and check it out.