Reload a page with JavaScript (within jquery ajax-request)

Question

my question is, what I have to do to reload a page with javascript. I have written the following function:

  function update(id, name)
    {
    if(/^\d+$/.test(id))
    {
        $.ajax({
            url: baseurl + "/url/action/param/" + id + "/param2/" +  unescape(name),
            success: function(data) {
                $("#overlay").fadeOut().remove();
                if(data.status == '200') {
                  window.location.reload()
                }
                else if(data.error) {
                    $("#messages").html(data.error).fadeIn();
                }
            },
            type: "GET",
            dataType: "text"
        });
    }
    else
    {
        return false;
    }
}

The problem is, that the ajax-request is successfull, the result is a json-object:

{"status":"200"}

But the window doesn't reload. If I use the this line

window.location.reload()

at firebug and execute it, the browser window reloads.

What could be the problem? Thanks in advance.

Are you sure you need to reload? Why would you need to reload. Is there an issue you solve by reloading that may be solved differently? — mplungjan, May 03 '11 at 11:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '11 at 10:36

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Try changing the data type to JSON:

dataType: "json"

answered May 03 '11 at 10:36

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

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Also see this for reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/249692/jquery-wont-parse-my-json-from-ajax-query – Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard May 03 '11 at 10:38
@Bindu cheers, feel free to accept it then by clicking the V icon to the left. – Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard May 03 '11 at 14:24

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '11 at 10:41

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You have a syntax error end of window.location.reload() . Add semicolon after this line and try again.

answered May 03 '11 at 10:41

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Semicolons are optional except in inline event handlers – mplungjan May 03 '11 at 11:08
You said you use firebug maybe you must check your conditions. Did you observed your code falls to that code line? – Çağdaş May 03 '11 at 11:13

Reload a page with JavaScript (within jquery ajax-request)

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