ajax post callback,ajax post callback function not working

Here is index.php

post_data = {'username':username, 'old_pass':old_pass, 'new_pass':new_pass};

$.post('change_pass.php', post_data, function(result) {

if(result.text == 'success') {

$("#message").text("Password changed successfully");

} else {

$("#message").text("Error changing password");

}

}, 'json');

and the change_pass.php is

@mysql_connect("localhost","root","") or die('Connection problem');

@mysql_select_db("my_db");

$username = filter_var($_POST["username"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);

$old_pass = filter_var($_POST["old_pass"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);

$new_pass = filter_var($_POST["new_pass"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);

if(mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("UPDATE `users` SET `pass`='".$new_pass."' WHERE `pass`='".$old_pass."' AND `user`='".$username."'")) == 1) {

$output = json_encode(array('text' => 'success'));

die($output);

} else {

$output = json_encode(array('text' => 'failure'));

die($output);

}

?>

The password changing happens successfully but the callback doesn't work. why?

But the callback works if I avoid the query. So I think something goes wrong when i use the query.