SharePoint’s Web Services, jQuery, and the z:row Namespace in Safari and Chrome

<UPDATE date=”2011-02-14″>: As of jQuery 1.5, single quotes are *required* around z:row or any other similar node selector. This was actually “required” in previous versions of jQuery, but not enforced. </UPDATE> jQuery’s totally cross-browser capable, right?  Well, generally, yes.  However, through no fault of jQuery, Safari and Chrome don’t seem to like the z:row namespace…

jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services: Interim Update on What’s Coming Up in v0.5.0

This post was also published at EndUserSharePoint.com… While seemingly everyone else in the SharePoint Universe is oohing and aahing over SharePoint 2010, I continue to plod along with my jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services.  (Follow the library on Twitter: @jQSPWS.) I’m sticking with my belief that we’re all going to be using SharePoint 2007…

A jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (WSS 3.0 and MOSS): Part 2 – How Does It Work?

Cross posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… In my last post, I wrote about why I decided to start building the jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services. In this post, I’ll tell you a bit about what’s there and how it works. If you’re totally familiar with the SharePoint Web Services, this may all be old hat to…

SPCascadingDropdowns Demystified (or Mystified, Depending on Your View)

In my  jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services, one of the most popular functions is $().SPServices.SPCascadeDropdowns.  The SPCascadeDropdowns function lets you set up cascading dropdowns on SharePoint forms. What this means is that you can enforce hierarchical relationships between column values.  This is sometimes called connected dropdowns or linked dropdowns (or probably other things I…

jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services v0.4.0 Released

This release contains two functions I’ve wanted to get into the library for a long time: $().SPServices.SPRedirectWithID and $().SPServices.SPRequireUnique.  These two functions show how you can solve tricky problems with jQuery and the SharePoint Web Services much better than any of the other approaches available, IMHO. $().SPServices.SPRequireUnique allows you to specify a page to redirect to after…