This is a bit of a continuation of a previous question.

Now I'm trying to make a call to an AJAX enabled web service which I have defined within the ASP.NET MVC application (i.e. the MovieService.svc). But the service is never being called in my getMovies javascript function.

This same technique of calling the AJAX web service works ok if I try it in a non ASP.NET MVC application, so it makes me wonder if maybe the ASP MVC routes are interfering with things somehow when it tries to make the AJAX web service call.

Do you have any idea why my web service isn't getting called? Code below.

    <script src="<%= ResolveClientUrl("~/scripts/jquery-1.4.2.min.js") %>" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script src="<%= ResolveClientUrl("~/scripts/grid.locale-en.js") %>" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script src="<%= ResolveClientUrl("~/scripts/jquery-ui-1.8.1.custom.min.js") %>"
        type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script src="<%= ResolveClientUrl("~/scripts/jquery.jqGrid.min.js") %>" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        var lastsel2;

        function successFunction(jsondata) {
            debugger
            var thegrid = jQuery("#editgrid");
            for (var i = 0; i < jsondata.d.length; i++) {
                thegrid.addRowData(i + 1, jsondata.d[i]);
            }
        }

        function getMovies() {
            debugger
            // ***** the MovieService#GetMovies method never gets called
            $.ajax({
                url: 'MovieService.svc/GetMovies',
                data: "{}",  // For empty input data use "{}",
                dataType: "json",
                type: "GET",
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                success: successFunction
            });
        }

        jQuery(document).ready(function() {
            jQuery("#editgrid").jqGrid({
                datatype: getMovies,
                colNames: ['id', 'Movie Name', 'Directed By', 'Release Date', 'IMDB Rating', 'Plot', 'ImageURL'],
                colModel: [
                  { name: 'id', index: 'Id', width: 55, sortable: false, hidden: true, editable: false, editoptions: { readonly: true, size: 10} },
                  { name: 'Movie Name', index: 'Name', width: 250, editable: true, editoptions: { size: 10} },
                  { name: 'Directed By', index: 'Director', width: 250, align: 'right', editable: true, editoptions: { size: 10} },
                  { name: 'Release Date', index: 'ReleaseDate', width: 100, align: 'right', editable: true, editoptions: { size: 10} },
                  { name: 'IMDB Rating', index: 'IMDBUserRating', width: 100, align: 'right', editable: true, editoptions: { size: 10} },
                  { name: 'Plot', index: 'Plot', width: 150, hidden: false, editable: true, editoptions: { size: 30} },
                  { name: 'ImageURL', index: 'ImageURL', width: 55, hidden: true, editable: false, editoptions: { readonly: true, size: 10} }
                ],
                pager: jQuery('#pager'),
                rowNum: 5,
                rowList: [5, 10, 20],
                sortname: 'id',
                sortorder: "desc",
                height: '100%',
                width: '100%',
                viewrecords: true,
                imgpath: '/Content/jqGridCss/redmond/images',
                caption: 'Movies from 2008',
                editurl: '/Home/EditMovieData/',
                caption: 'Movie List'
            });

            $("#bedata").click(function() {
                var gr = jQuery("#editgrid").jqGrid('getGridParam', 'selrow');
                if (gr != null)
                    jQuery("#editgrid").jqGrid('editGridRow', gr, { height: 280, reloadAfterSubmit: false });
                else
                    alert("Hey dork, please select a row");
            });            

        });

    </script>

    <h2>
        <%= Html.Encode(ViewData["Message"]) %></h2>
    <p>
        To learn more about ASP.NET MVC visit <a href="http://asp.net/mvc" title="ASP.NET MVC Website">
            http://asp.net/mvc</a>.
    </p>
    <table id="editgrid">
    </table>
    <div id="pager" style="text-align: center;">
    </div>
    <input type="button" id="bedata" value="Edit Selected" />

Here's my RegisterRoutes code:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
    routes.IgnoreRoute("*MovieService.svc*");

    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default",                                              // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}",                           // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }  // Parameter defaults
    );
}

Here's what my MovieService class looks like:

namespace jQueryMVC
{
    [ServiceContract(Namespace = "")]
    [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]
    public class MovieService
    {
        // Add [WebGet] attribute to use HTTP GET
        [OperationContract]
        [WebGet(ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
        public IList<Movie> GetMovies()
        {
            return Persistence.GetMovies();
        }

    }
}