Capture AJAX response and assign to a variable using JQUERY
function checkforduplicateempname(){ var message=true; /*Assigning AJAX response to a javascript variable*/ var empId = $.ajax({ url: 'checkforduplicateempname.relay', data: oMyForms, cache: false, contentType: false, processData: false, global: false, async:false, type: 'POST', success: function(data){ return data; },error:function(){ $("#empname").notify("Unable to check for duplicate title.","error"); } }).responseText; //end of ajax capturing the response if(empId!='0'){ $("#empaname").notify("Duplicate Title.","error"); message=false; } return message; }//end of function