Call ASP.NET function from JavaScript?

Question

I\'m writing a web page in ASP.NET. I have some JavaScript code, and I have a submit button with a click event.

Is it possible to call a method I created in ASP with

Answer 1

I think blog post How to fetch & show SQL Server database data in ASP.NET page using Ajax (jQuery) will help you.

JavaScript Code

ASP.NET Server Side Function

[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat= ResponseFormat.Json)]
public static List GetCompanies()
{
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
    List allCompany = new List();
    using (MyDatabaseEntities dc = new MyDatabaseEntities())
    {
        allCompany = dc.TopCompanies.ToList();
    }
    return allCompany;
}