Assigning servlet response to a javascript global variable

Question

I would like to assign my servlet response to a variable in javascript. Here is my html file:

<html>
<script src="jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script>
<body>
<h1>TRial</h1>


<p>Select Color:</p>
<select name="color" size="1">
<option value="light">light</option>
<option value="amber">amber</option>
<option value="brown">brown</option>
<option value="dark">dark</option>
</select>
<br><br>
<input type="Submit" id="button"/>
</body>
<script>
var $dataCH = getData();

function getData(){
$.get("SelectBeer.do", function(data) {
    var $dataCHUMMA = data;
    document.write("Great");
document.write($dataCHUMMA);
return $dataCHUMMA
});
alert($dataCH)

}

</script>
</html>

In the script tag: I am trying to assign my servlet response to a variablein js. But I am not able to do it...Please help me in assigning it to global variable

AJAX means: **Asynchronous** JavaScript and XML – A. Wolff Jun 09 '13 at 15:15 — A. Wolff, Jun 09 '13 at 15:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '13 at 15:16

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var $dataCH;

function getData() {
    $.get("SelectBeer.do", function (data) {
        document.write("Great");
        document.write($dataCHUMMA);
        $dataCH = data;
    });    

}

answered Jun 09 '13 at 15:16

A. Wolff

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