Question

In Firebug I see the request and all the data is present. But in an attempt to even just do a simple alert of console.log they get completely bypassed. What exactly am I doing wrong that the alert is never hit?

var feedPage = 1;
var rowsToGet = 10;

$(function() {
var urlString = "cfc/getFeed.cfc?method=" + 'getFeed' + "&page=" + feedPage + "&rows=" + rowsToGet + "&userID=" + 2;
$.get(urlString, function(jsonData) {
    alert(jsonData); // never happens
},"json");
//displayResults(feedData,feedPage,rowsToGet); 
});

Answer 1

Add an error handler to your ajax call to see why it is failing.

var feedPage = 1;
var rowsToGet = 10;

$(function() {
    var urlString = "cfc/getFeed.cfc?method=" + 'getFeed' + "&page=" + feedPage + "&rows=" + rowsToGet + "&userID=" + 2;
    $.ajax({
        url: urlString, 
        type: "GET",
        dataType: "json",
        // remove everything before the opening bracket
        dataFilter: function(data) {
            return data.replace(/^.+(\[|\{)/,"$1"); 
        },
        success: function(jsonData) {
            //alert(jsonData); // never happens
            console.log(jsonData);
            //displayResults(feedData,feedPage,rowsToGet); 
        },
        error: function(w,t,f) {
            //alert(w + "\n" + t + "\n" + f);
            console.log(arguments);
        });
    });
});