Question

Trying to get a return value from getUrl function but it comes back as undefined.

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks
Here is the code:

function createXmlFicaRsi(xmlDoc,xmlFileName) {     
    var mystr = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><result><rows>"+strStor+"</rows></result>"
    jQuery(document).ready(function(){ 
      jQuery("#fRsiGrid").jqGrid({
        datatype: 'xmlstring',
        datastr : mystr,
        colNames:['Year','Earnings', 'Amt<br/>Needed <br/>1 QC','Amt<br/>Needed <br/>4 QC','#<br/>of<br/> QCs','Monthly<br/>Under FRA','Yearly<br/>Under FRA','Monthly<br/> Yearly of<br/> Attain.<br/> FRA','Year of<br/> Attain. of<br/> FRA','YOC*','Sum of<br/>Post-1977<br/>YOCs'],
        colModel :[ 
            {name:'yearRsi', index:'yearRsi', width:55, resizable:false, align:'center', sorttype:'int'},
            {name:'earnRsi', index:'earnRsi', width:65, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false}, 
            {name:'1qcRsi', index:'1qcRsi', width:65, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false}, 
            {name:'4qcRsi', index:'4qcRsi', width:65, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false}, 
            {name:'numqcRsi', index:'numqcRsi', width:40, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false}, 
            {name:'mfra', index:'mfra', width:65, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false}, 
            {name:'yfra', index:'yfra', width:65, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false},
            {name:'myafra', index:'myafra', width:85, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false},
            {name:'yafra', index:'yafra', width:65, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false},
            {name:'yoc', index:'yoc', width:65, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false},          
            {name:'sumpost', index:'sumpost', width:60, resizable:false, align:'right', sortable:false} ],     
        rowNum:-1,      
        hidegrid: false,
        width: 760, 
        height: 460,
        shrinkToFit: false,         
        caption: '<span id=fRsiGrid_caption>FICA Earnings, QC, AET and YOC amounts after 1977</span>'       
      });     

      $('.ui-jqgrid .ui-th-column').css('height', '40px');
      $('.ui-jqgrid .ui-jqgrid-htable th div').css('height', '40px'); 
      $('.ui-jqgrid-title').css('font-size', '.8em');//Font size for title
      $('.ui-jqgrid .ui-th-column').css('font-size', '.7em');//Font size for header content 
      $('#fRsiGrid_caption').append("<span id='whatLink' style='font-size:large;color:blue;text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer'>*</span>");     

    }); 
    $('#jqgh_1qcRsi').addClass("gridLink");
    $('#jqgh_4qcRsi').addClass("gridLink");
    $('#jqgh_mfra').addClass("gridLink");
    $('#jqgh_yfra').addClass("gridLink");
    $('#jqgh_myafra').addClass("gridLink");
    $('#jqgh_yafra').addClass("gridLink");
    $('#jqgh_yoc').addClass("gridLink");

    $("#jqgh_1qcRsi").click(function() {
        var nurl = getUrl("QueryView-QC");
        alert(nurl);        
    }); 
}

function getUrl(urlNm){
    DWREngine._execute(_ajaxConfig._cfscriptLocation, null, 'getUrls', urlNm, doQueryResults);
    function doQueryResults(r){     
        xmlDoc = loadXMLString(r);      
        y = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("URL");

        for (i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {            
            url = y[i].attributes.getNamedItem("val").nodeValue;            
            if (url == urlNm)
            {                           
                url = y[i].childNodes[0];
                //alert(url.nodeValue);
                url = url.nodeValue;
                return url;
            }           
        }   
    }
}   

Answer 1

AJAX is asynchronous

It appears as though you’re making an AJAX request inside getURL.

Remember, AJAX requests are asynchronous by default. That means when you call getURL, the code after it executes immediately instead of waiting for the AJAX response.

Any code that relies on the response needs to be done in the callback to the AJAX request.

It appears as though your callback function is doQueryResults. Place the alert() in that function, and it should fire.