[javascript] how to make a jquery "$.post" request synchronous

I’ve been googling this and avoiding this error in my bug fix list for a long time now, but I’ve finally reached the end of the list, the last of which I have to make a function return true/false to state whether the validation has succeeded or not.

I'm using ajax to compare certain fields with those that are already in the db and by default the $.post() method does it's operations asynchronously.

I’m setting a variable inside the call onSuccess and the calling method doesn't get a response because of this, so all my js/jquery fails on pageLoad... I would prefer if I could still keep using the $.post method.

If you want an synchronous request set the async property to false for the request. Check out the jQuery AJAX Doc

From the Jquery docs: you specify the async option to be false to get a synchronous Ajax request. Then your callback can set some data before your mother function proceeds.

Here's what your code would look like if changed as suggested:

beforecreate: function(node,targetNode,type,to) {
    jQuery.ajax({
         url:    url,
         success: function(result) {
                      if(result.isOk == false)
                          alert(result.message);
                  },
         async:   false
    });          
}

this is because $.ajax is the only request type that you can set the asynchronousity for