web service call from different computer failed.

[xren]

Hi,

I have a web service to provide feed to the auto complete field. However, when I test it using browser on the same computer as the server, it works. When I test it with browser on different computer from the server, the auto complete does not work.

I don't know why the web service call will fail when call from different computer.

The other problem with the auto complete is that it will stop working if I didn't use it for a while. Then after I test the web service directly or add an alert in the script it starts to work again.

Can any one help on thsi?

[Steve]

Hi,

Are you sure the IP address/domain name and port number are correct for the web service call?

Can you see the web service call coming into the server (check the Ebase logs)?

I am assuming the web service call is to the same machine serving up the web page so the firewall should be OK.

Kind regards

Steve

[Wai]

Yeah, first thing to check is the URL to the web service (e.g: make sure it is not set as localhost?)

[jig]

Hi Xren,

We have implemented auto complete using web service in one of our projects.

The web service that you are accessing must reside on the same domain as the web jQuery script/web-page that is making the request.

There is something called as the 'Same-Origin Policy' which is enforced by all browsers to prevent cross-site scripting.

Some links you may find useful:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy
2) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2697 ... oss-domain

I would recommend you to use a tool similar to 'Firebug' (Firefox) and check the 'Net' options which will show you what is exactly being sent and returned from the web service.

If the domain on the web-page/Jquery is different to the web service, the request will not reach the Ebase server.

Hope this helps!

Regards
Jignesh

[xren]

You are all correct. The same origin policy is the the reason.

Thank you all,
Xiaoli