retrieveing info from python dict with javascript
Question: I have such stuff in my django view:

    
    
    message = 'sometext'
    rating = 7
    data = {'message':message, 'rating':rating}
    from django.utils import simplejson
    return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps(data))
    

and this in my site.js:

    
    
    $.ajax({
     'type': "POST",
     'url': url,
     'data': {'rating':rating},
     'success': function(msg){
      alert(msg['rating']);
      $.modal('<p>'+msg+'</p>');
      $(".simplemodal-container").css("height", "auto");
     },
     'error' : function(){
      $.modal('<p>Hinnangu salvestamine ebaõnnestus</p>');
      $(".simplemodal-container").css("height", "auto");
     }
    });
    

the simplemodel window returns me information like this:

    
    
    {"rating": "7", "message": "sometext"}
    

alert on previous line just returns 'undefined'

Why? Whats missing? i read about javascript dictionaries here:
<http://rick.measham.id.au/javascript/hash.htm> and according to that, the
alert should display '7' not 'undefined' or not?

Alan


Answer: Of course it contains that. That's the JSON that has been returned to you. Use
[json2.js](http://www.json.org/js.html) to decode it to JavaScript objects.

