javascript array problems

[scottybowl]

i have the array

	SPECIAL_DAYS = {

	};

i want to put the value of "results" into SPECIAL_DAYS, results contains the following (results is a variable from the result of an AJAX call):

        "2006-5" : [ 5 ],
	"2006-6" : [ 3 ],
	"2006-7" : [ 7 ],
	"2006-8" : [ 4 ],
	"2006-9" : [ 2 ],
	"2006-10" : [ 6 ],
	"2006-11" : [ 4 ],
	"2007-0" : [ 1 ],
	"2007-1" : [ 5 ],
	"2007-2" : [ 5 ],
	"2007-3" : [ 2 ],
	"2007-4" : [ 7 ],
	"2007-5" : [ 4 ],
	"2007-6" : [ 2 ],
	"2007-7" : [ 6 ],
	"2007-8" : [ 3 ],
	"2007-9" : [ 1 ],
	"2007-10" : [ 5 ]

i'm stumped, any suggestions?

[Twey]

One of the rare instances where the eval() call is appropriate, methinks.

[scottybowl]

i'm relatively new to javascript so no doubt people across the world will slap their foreheads when they see what i tried!

	SPECIAL_DAYS = {
		eval(results);
	};

This (probably not surprisingly) didnt work...

[Twey]

I think:

		eval("SPECIAL_DAYS = { " + results + " };");

would work better.

[scottybowl]

thanks, that worked

[scottybowl]

oops, that works in FireFox but not in Internet Explorer, it causes an "Undefined Error"

[scottybowl]

ah, i think ive pinpointed the problem..

I'm using an http.open request to send all the fields in a form to a PHP file, it works perfectly in Firefox, but in IE it gives an error - is there a maximum string length that can be used in an http.open call?

[Twey]

Not insofar as I know.