Wait for AJAX before continuing through separate function

Question

Alright... at 2am, this is where I draw the line. Help... before my laptop ends up going out the window. :)

I\'ve tried using setTimer, callbacks, and everything else I

Answer 1

Do not use async: false option. It's a pure evil (blocks all scripts in browser and even other tabs!) and it's deprecated since jQuery 1.8. You should use callbacks as it was always meant to be.

function parseRow(row) {
    /* the other code */
    autoSelectCategory(payee, function() {
        saveRecord(date, checkNum, payee, memo, category, payment, deposit);
    });
}

function autoSelectCategory(payee, callback) { // <---- note the additional arg
    $.ajax({
        url: "autoselectcategory",
        dataType: "json",
        data: {
            string: payee
        },
        success: function(res) {
            /* the other code */
            callback();
        }
    });
}