ASP.NET jQuery error: Unknown Web Method

Question

This is my first time attempting to call an ASP.NET page method from jQuery. I am getting a status 500 error with the responseText message that the web method cannot be foun

Answer 1

Your web method needs to be public and static.

Answer 2

Clean the solution and rebuild. I've seen webmethods throw 500's until you do this.

Answer 3

Add public static before your method...

ex.

[WebMethod]
public static string MethodName() {}