jQuery .load() function + IE + dynamic URL = hair loss

Question

IE is having diffculty with dynamic urls in the jQuery load function.

Here's my code snippet:

var formValues = $('#testing').serialize();
var URL = "test.cfm?" + formValues;
var dialogOpts = {
modal: true,
bgiframe: true,
autoOpen: true,
height: 500,
width: 500,
draggable: true,
resizable: false,
closeOnEscape: false,
open: function() {
//display correct dialog content
$("#dialogContainer").load(URL}
};
$("#dialogContainer").dialog(dialogOpts);

Now mind you, if I changed URL to something static like "thisHTMLfile.html", this will work flawlessly in FF and IE. But since the URL is dynamic IE barfs. I get a blank dialog. It's as if IE won't do the ajax call.

i've tried the idea of putting a random value in the string to make it a unique url so that IE won't cache the url, no dice.

I've also checked the test2.cfm file for any HTML errors. No problems here.

Has anyone come across this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

@Karim79: yes that would screw me up, but that was just me typing into the screen here. It is correct on my code though.

I did figure out the issue. My Coldfusion localhost has internal debugging set to ON. It shows me all the code and processes that ran for the page. I think this extra code spew was making IE barf. So I turned off debugging output and voila. My IE 6 headaches went bye bye :)

Answer 2

It could just be a typo, but this looks fishy:

open: function() {
//display correct dialog content
$("#dialogContainer").load(URL} <<< this curly brace
};

open: function() {
//display correct dialog content
$("#dialogContainer").load(URL) <<< should be a closing parentheses ')'
};