Why is my ajax success alert message not firing?

Why is my ajax success alert message not firing?

Hi, I’ve been trying to get an alert messge to fire after a successful ajax call.  I confirmed that the action in my controller is called by placing a breakpoint in the action.  However, the alert does not fire and I get no error messages.  

 

Not sure if this is relivant but the code does not work in firefox browser.  Here’s the script:

 

var theParms = { selectedDate: "date", testing: "myTester" };

         $("#saveBtn").click(function () {

             $.ajax({

                 type: "GET",

                 url: "/Error/TimeCheck",

                 data: theParms,

                 datatype: "html",

                 success: function (data) {

                     alert(data);

                 }

             });

 

And here’s the controller:

 

public ActionResult Timecheck( string selectedDate, string testing)

        {

 

 

 

            return View ("hello " + selectedDate);

       

       

       

        }

 

Also tried this:

 

public ActionResult Timecheck( string selectedDate, string testing)

        {

 

 

 

            return Content ("<script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'>alert('hello');</JavaScript>");

       

       

        

        }

 

Could it be that I need to install some plugin to assist in an ajax call?