I have a web page that returns this JSON when called:

[{id:53,desc:Roberts}]

I am using this jQuery to call it by AJAX:

$.ajax ({

    url: rootPath + data/topology/stations,

    dataType: 'json',

    data: { areaID: $(#lbxArea).val () },

    success: function (data) {

        // Use data for actions

    },

    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {

        alert (textStatus);

        alert (errorThrown);

    }

});

I used Firebug to confirm that the data being returned is what I put on top. Despite that, I fall into the error callback and first see parsererror in an alert box, and then I see

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected property name or '}'

I tried having the service return

{list:[{id:53,desc:Roberts}]}

but that didn't change anything.