jquery ajax call to JsonResult controller method results in 404 on IIS6

Question

I\'ve been pulling my hair out this morning trying to figure this out.

I have a simple jquery json request to a jsonresult action on my controller. When I run this o

Answer 1

For extensionless urls in IIS 6 you need a wildcard mapping. Read this blog post for more details on setting this up.

Answer 2

Alright, I figured it out with the help from another SO post.

The problem was with the URL being passed. It's obviously different from my machine, and the server I deployed to. I'm embarrassed that I didn't think about this.

I changed the $.ajax call from this:

url: "/Customer/GetCityStateFromZip"

To this, which is using Url.Action to the correct full path:

var url = '<%= Url.Action("GetCityStateFromZip","Customer") %>';
url: url 

And all is well.