Calling a web service in a javascript causes page reload

Hey guys,

Here is what is happening. I have a user control in which I have an update panel with a button and some label. On click of that button, I call a javascript function which in turn calls a web service. The web service does get called and everything works nicely, but the whole page is being refreshed. The moment the javascript calls a web service, the refresh of the whole page occurs (when in turn nothing should happen besides the web service called).

Do I have something misconfigured that causes the script manager to do the whole page refresh on a web service call? I have the same structure in another control, and that one doesn't cause the page refresh.

If anyone has experienced this and have a solution for it, I would love to hear it.

Thanks!

Are you using Server Button Control(<asp:Button/>) of usual html button(<input type="button"> ?

I'm assuming you have something like:

<asp:Button ... OnClientClick="CallMyWebService()" />

or

<input type="button" ... onclick="CallMyWebService()" />

Try making it "CallMyWebService(); return false;"... the "return false" tells the browser not to continue handling the event (by submitting the form, for example). If that's not it, you might try showing us your code.