<WebMethod()> attribute changes from 2.0 to 3.5

I have a method that looks like:

<W开发者_运维知识库ebMethod()> _
Public Function Search(ByVal q As String) As String

Updating from .net 2.0 to 3.5 appears to have broken this.

We're doing data.split() on the value returned, and that's generating a error - it looks like the value returned is now a json structure, not a simple string.

Is there a way to revert to the prior behavior?

You'll have to import System.Web.Script.Services

Then, try adding this attribute:

<WebMethod()> _
<ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat:=ResponseFormat.Xml)> _

How are you calling the web method? Through javascript?

We had a similar issue. With the basic setup of Webmethod and jquery ajax call with 2.0 it returns a string (type string in js) or string array (type object in js), in 3.5 it always returns an object and the actual data returned is under .d when returning a primitive like a string or string array.

My best solution so far was a javascript method to check for .d.

    function getResponse(r){
        if(r.d!=null){
            return r.d;
        }else{
            return r;
        }
    }

I have to support both the 2.0 and 3.5 calls for the transition and would rather not have to expend too much energy as 2.0 will be gone soon.

But I would rather a better solution.