change your code to:
function ChangePurpose(Vid, PurId) {
var Success = false;
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "CHService.asmx/SavePurpose",
dataType: "text",
async: false,
data: JSON.stringify({ Vid: Vid, PurpId: PurId }),
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: function (data) {
Success = true;
},
error: function (textStatus, errorThrown) {
Success = false;
}
});
//done after here
return Success;
}
You can only return the values from a synchronous function. Otherwise you will have to make a callback.
So I just added async:false, to your ajax call
Update:
jquery ajax calls are asynchronous by default. So success & error functions will be called when the ajax load is complete. But your return statement will be executed just after the ajax call is started.
A better approach will be:
// callbackfn is the pointer to any function that needs to be called
function ChangePurpose(Vid, PurId, callbackfn) {
var Success = false;
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "CHService.asmx/SavePurpose",
dataType: "text",
data: JSON.stringify({ Vid: Vid, PurpId: PurId }),
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: function (data) {
callbackfn(data)
},
error: function (textStatus, errorThrown) {
callbackfn("Error getting the data")
}
});
}
function Callback(data)
{
alert(data);
}
and call the ajax as:
// Callback is the callback-function that needs to be called when asynchronous call is complete
ChangePurpose(Vid, PurId, Callback);