How to choose a JSON data node dynamically with jQuery

Question

I have an ajax function as follows:-

$.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    dataType: "json",
    async: false,
    url: "/wp-content/comment_data.php",
    data: 'songid=' + $array,
    success: function(data){
        oTable.find('td').each(function(){
            $id = $(this).data('songid');
            songid = 'songid-' + $id;
            $commentbar = $(this).find('#comment-bar' + $id);
            array = data.songid;

            $.tmpl( "commentBarTemplate", array ).appendTo($commentbar);
        });     
    }
});

What this does is collects a list of id's on the page (the songid of each 'td'), sends the array to my server side script where everything is processed and a JSON response containing comments/replies is returned for each songid. Ass you can see each array of comments/replies is stored in the array under 'songid-24', 'songid-23' etc...

My PHP script returns the following JSON:

{ "songid-22" : [  ],
  "songid-23" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "test",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "5",
        "playtime" : "56",
        "posttime" : "2011-09-28 15:32:41",
        "songid" : "23",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "test comment",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "6",
        "playtime" : "87",
        "posttime" : "2011-09-28 16:38:37",
        "songid" : "23",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      }
    ],
  "songid-24" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "comment at 0:48",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "2",
        "playtime" : "48",
        "posttime" : "2011-09-28 14:38:41",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "haha reply",
              "cid" : "2",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "1",
              "posttime" : "2011-09-28 15:14:56",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            },
            { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "next replty",
              "cid" : "2",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "2",
              "posttime" : "2011-09-28 15:15:07",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            },
            { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "first reply",
              "cid" : "2",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "3",
              "posttime" : "2011-09-28 15:15:15",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            }
          ],
        "songid" : "24",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "asdasd",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "3",
        "playtime" : "2",
        "posttime" : "2011-09-28 14:43:11",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "test reply",
              "cid" : "3",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "5",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-06 14:35:23",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            },
            { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "test reply",
              "cid" : "3",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "6",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-07 14:48:21",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            }
          ],
        "songid" : "24",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "test",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "10",
        "playtime" : "97",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-06 14:15:12",
        "songid" : "24",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      }
    ],
  "songid-25" : [  ],
  "songid-26" : [  ],
  "songid-27" : [  ],
  "songid-28" : [  ],
  "songid-29" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "hello hello!",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "24",
        "playtime" : "55",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-08 10:54:37",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "further testing!",
              "cid" : "24",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "12",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-08 10:54:48",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            },
            { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "test reply",
              "cid" : "24",
              "display_name" : "test user 2",
              "id" : "13",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-08 11:12:42",
              "uid" : "3",
              "user_login" : "testing",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
            }
          ],
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "Awesome!",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "25",
        "playtime" : "135",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-08 10:54:58",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "geggegge",
              "cid" : "25",
              "display_name" : "test user 2",
              "id" : "16",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-24 20:04:33",
              "uid" : "3",
              "user_login" : "testing",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
            } ],
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "testing...",
        "display_name" : "test user 2",
        "id" : "27",
        "playtime" : "35",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-08 11:13:01",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "grgrgehhehehe",
              "cid" : "27",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "14",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-11 15:22:02",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            },
            { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "testing",
              "cid" : "27",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "15",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-11 18:23:01",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            },
            { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "another",
              "cid" : "27",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "20",
              "posttime" : "2011-11-25 14:52:02",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            }
          ],
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "3",
        "user_login" : "testing",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "Just testing out the commenting functionality and seeing how good it is now that i\\'ve modified the styling etc...",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "29",
        "playtime" : "80",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-11 00:46:58",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "hfhhghfhhhhshfdhsh",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "30",
        "playtime" : "110",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-11 15:21:42",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "thrthhrht",
              "cid" : "30",
              "display_name" : "admin",
              "id" : "19",
              "posttime" : "2011-11-10 14:19:03",
              "uid" : "1",
              "user_login" : "admin",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
            } ],
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "testing......",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "31",
        "playtime" : "154",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 02:10:42",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "hello",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "32",
        "playtime" : "94",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 02:12:27",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "blah",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "33",
        "playtime" : "121",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 02:16:25",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "eeffefef",
              "cid" : "33",
              "display_name" : "test user 2",
              "id" : "17",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-24 20:04:48",
              "uid" : "3",
              "user_login" : "testing",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
            } ],
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "comment",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "34",
        "playtime" : "70",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 02:17:54",
        "replies" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
              "body" : "feffefee",
              "cid" : "34",
              "display_name" : "test user 2",
              "id" : "18",
              "posttime" : "2011-10-24 20:04:56",
              "uid" : "3",
              "user_login" : "testing",
              "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
            } ],
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "commenting",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "35",
        "playtime" : "20",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 02:20:31",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "ffgwgwgwgwgw",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "36",
        "playtime" : "102",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 02:21:30",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "this is a test comment to see if avatars work",
        "display_name" : "test user 2",
        "id" : "64",
        "playtime" : "62",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 11:46:45",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "3",
        "user_login" : "testing",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "comment",
        "display_name" : "test user 2",
        "id" : "65",
        "playtime" : "170",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 12:21:51",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "3",
        "user_login" : "testing",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "rtrgrrg",
        "display_name" : "test user 2",
        "id" : "66",
        "playtime" : "44",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 13:01:37",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "3",
        "user_login" : "testing",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "hello world",
        "display_name" : "test user 2",
        "id" : "67",
        "playtime" : "178",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 13:44:17",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "3",
        "user_login" : "testing",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "comment time!!! YAY!!",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "68",
        "playtime" : "48",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 15:07:56",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "hello world...",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "72",
        "playtime" : "86",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 17:18:58",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "ygygyigyiugyugyuig",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "73",
        "playtime" : "28",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-14 11:07:27",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "test\n",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "74",
        "playtime" : "146",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-24 19:40:36",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3/47459545ffdbdfffa7620ce562e44c54-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "htththth",
        "display_name" : "test user 2",
        "id" : "76",
        "playtime" : "197",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-24 20:05:47",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "3",
        "user_login" : "testing",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/testing/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "fdgrttgrhrgrgrt",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "77",
        "playtime" : "131",
        "posttime" : "2011-11-10 14:18:12",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "hello",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "78",
        "playtime" : "190",
        "posttime" : "2011-11-10 14:18:52",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "testing",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "79",
        "playtime" : "117",
        "posttime" : "2011-11-17 08:50:38",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "hfdhfdhfdhdhfhhfdh",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "80",
        "playtime" : "74",
        "posttime" : "2011-11-18 17:29:39",
        "songid" : "29",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      }
    ],
  "songid-30" : [ { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "More tests....",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "26",
        "playtime" : "126",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-08 11:11:55",
        "songid" : "30",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "I\\'m just testing the automatic slash  stripper \\\"hello\\\", \\'yay\\' !!! it works!!",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "70",
        "playtime" : "103",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 15:51:01",
        "songid" : "30",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      },
      { "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
        "body" : "Another genius comment....",
        "display_name" : "admin",
        "id" : "71",
        "playtime" : "170",
        "posttime" : "2011-10-13 15:55:38",
        "songid" : "30",
        "uid" : "1",
        "user_login" : "admin",
        "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
      }
    ]
}

What I am trying to do once I have recieved the JSON response, is then iterate back through each 'td' and append a jQuery template to each one.

The problem is that I need to dynamically select the data key i.e data.songid-24, data.songid-23 etc.

Within the each loop I am able to collect the id itself as shown in the code as $id as I have it stored on each 'td' by using the jquery.data method.

Any ideas?

possible duplicate of [How to access object using dynamic key?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6921803/how-to-access-object-using-dynamic-key) — Felix Kling, Jan 10 '12 at 10:46
FYI, your problem is not related to JSON. The response is already parsed into a JavaScript object. — Felix Kling, Jan 10 '12 at 10:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 10:50

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Change array = data.songid to:

array = data[songid];

answered Jan 10 '12 at 10:50

Rory McCrossan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 11:23

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I just managed to solve it myself... It turns out that using a '-' in the song id's was confusing it somehow. Removing this and using songid24, songid23 etc... in my JSON fixed it instantly.

Many thanks for the suggestions regardless.

answered Jan 10 '12 at 11:23

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 11:23

I think you are not using the $.tmpl() as it should be. Please first read the doc carefully.

Then try changing your json to smthing like this.

[ {},
 { 
    "avatar" : "http://www.songbanc.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/8bb11e958a26913e2c13393014e854d5-bpthumb.jpg",
    "body" : "test",
    "display_name" : "admin",
    "id" : "5",
    "playtime" : "56",
    "posttime" : "2011-09-28 15:32:41",
    "songid" : "23",
    "uid" : "1",
    "user_login" : "admin",
    "user_url" : "http://www.songbanc.com/members/admin/"
  },
  {....},
  etc ....

You can easily change this with a for loop either server side or client side.

Your template should be smthing like this

var markup = "<li><b>${avatar}</b> (${body}) etc...</li>";
// Compile the markup as a named template
$.template( "commentBarTemplate", markup );

(The html code in the template is just an example)

Thanks alex, that was originally how I had the templates set, however I now need further layers of nested information all in one get request. If I did as you suggested I would require 10 seperate get request to retrieve the comments/replies for 10 songs. Doing it the way I am now means one single GET request. Everything works beautifully now and I have reduced server load while optimizing the template rendering. — gordyr, Jan 10 '12 at 11:36
Yes , you dont need to make 10 get request. Glad you found it. — alex, Jan 10 '12 at 11:48

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