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Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome

From "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome
Date 2015-04-13 19:14 +0200
Organization solani.org
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Robbie Brown wrote:

> On 13/04/15 16:46, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
>
>> The onload property of the window element is supposed to hold the
>> reference to a Function object (or null).  This function object is
>> automatically called (with a single argument, namely the respective
>> Event object[1]) after the documented has been loaded.
>>
>> In your case you're assigning the return value of getCart() to the
>> property.  The return value is undefined, and will be cast to null, so
>> no function will be called when the document has been loaded.
>>
>> Instead getCart is called right before the assignment, which causes the
>> XHR to be triggered immediately.  The rest is timing dependend.
> 
> I'm starting to think it's a timing issue, maybe I've been lucky to have
> things working so far. I still don't understand this whole getCart
> versus getCart() thing, maybe it's something fundamental that I'm missing.
> 
> How do I ensure the function getCart() is called after everything is
> loaded, maybe that will give me an insight.

As other have already said:

  window.onload = getCart;

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-12 19:36 +0100
  Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2015-04-13 12:33 +0700
    Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 07:41 +0100
  Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2015-04-13 11:30 +0200
    Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 11:50 +0100
      Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-13 13:17 +0100
        Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 13:34 +0100
          Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-13 14:26 +0100
          Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2015-04-13 16:15 +0200
            Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 16:03 +0100
              Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2015-04-13 19:26 +0200
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-04-13 20:23 +0200
          Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-13 15:50 +0100
            Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 16:10 +0100
              Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-04-13 17:46 +0200
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 17:28 +0100
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-04-13 19:14 +0200
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-13 18:29 +0100
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 18:59 +0100
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-04-13 20:29 +0200
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-13 19:34 +0100
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 20:11 +0100
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-13 20:44 +0200
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 20:21 +0100
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-04-14 12:43 +0000
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-14 14:50 +0100
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-14 22:51 +0200
                Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-13 22:28 +0200
  Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-13 19:23 +0100
    Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-13 19:38 +0100
  Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome "Leonardo Azpurua" <leonardo@exmvps.org> - 2015-04-13 17:36 -0430
  Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-14 11:35 +0100
  Re: XMLHttpRequest and Google Chrome Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-04-14 11:37 +0000

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