java script error Expected ')'

[areamike]

One of our programmers is having an issue with a Javascript error and asked me to research it for him. Here's the code:

function dataRequest(action,dataValue,eID) {
  if (ajaxRequest.readyState!=0) return;
  if(dataValue=="") return;
  if(dataValue=='') dataValue='0';
  url = "https://207.42.229.4/cgi-bin/D3CGIServer/processAjax/~/" + action + "/" + dataValue + "/" + eID;
  ajaxRequest.open("POST", url, true);
  ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = updateCS;
  ajaxRequest.send(null);
}
function updateCS() {
  if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4 && ajaxRequest.status == 200) {
    var resp = eval( '(' + ajaxRequest.responseText + ')' );
    if(resp.errors!=""){
       alert(resp.errors)
    }
    if(resp.response!=""){
       eID=resp.element
       if(eID!=""){
          okayToSelect=resp.focus
          document.getElementById(eID).value=resp.response;
          if(okayToSelect=='YES'){
             document.getElementById(eID).select();
          }
       }
    }
    ajaxRequest=CreateRequest();
  }
}

The error occurs at line 12
var resp = eval( '(' + ajaxRequest.responseText + ')' );

[Dormilich]

what is ajaxRequest.responseText?

[areamike]

That's what his program on the server side returns.
I think we may have found the issue. I did some research on how to handle ajax responses and instead of:
'(' + ajaxRequest.responseText + ')'
I think it should be
("+ajax.request.responseText+")

He's going to try that. Hopefully it's that simple.

Oh and he said that ajaxRequest.responseText is what his program on the server side returns. It returns the response in "Jason" format. Then resp.element is dob1.

I'm no programmer and am just conveying what he has told me. All greek to me to be honest. Don't shoot the messenger. :-)