Is there a place that explains the differences in functionality
between the core and the forms plugin?
I came across a 2006 thread where so many people supported adding the
functionality to the core that I just assumed it happened.
thanks for the reply,
ltg
On Jul 1, 5:03 pm, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Serialize is a great method to automatically prepare a form, but it
> > doesn't include the element that initiated the submit in the case
> > where I attach a click event to a <div> and call submit from the click
> > event.
>
> > Is there a typical pattern to adding the submit element to the
> > serialized string so the server can know which element initiated?
>
> > Does it matter what format it's in? ("submitter=elementId")?
>
> > *bonus question*
> > This is academic but I'm trying to learn: why does ajax put data in a
> > querystring instead of using a form like normal html submit would do?
>
> You could use the Form Plugin and its ajaxForm method if you want it
> to be handled for you. Otherwise it's up to you to append the
> submitting element's name and value to the data submitted.
>
> $.ajax does submit data the same way as a normal http submit. The
> query string is added to the url for GET requests and put in the body
> for POST requests.
>
> Mike
