Call ASP.NET PageMethod/WebMethod with jQuery - returns whole page

Question

jQuery 1.3.2, ASP.NET 2.0. Making an AJAX call to a PageMethod (WebMethod) returns the full/whole page instead of just the response. A breakpoint on the page method shows

Answer 1

Do you know that Page Methods are working properly? If you use the the ScriptManager do they work?

It sounds like you might be missing a web.config entry. Specifically the HttpModules section.