Also, if you're using CF9's AJAX implementation, putting ?cfdebug at the end of your URL will show the AJAX debugger (assuming that feature is enabled in the CF Admin).
Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:21 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: RE: AJAX Question > > > Matt here's a quick one using JQuery: > > First off, you need to load the JQuery libraries in the head of the > page. > > <script type="text/javascript"> > $(document).ready(function() { > $("#button name").live("click", function(){ > $.ajax({ > type:"post", > url:"url of processing page", > data:$("#form name").serialize(), > cache:"false", > success: > function(){$("#receiving div").load("page to load on sucess")}, > error: function(){ > error functionality here; > } > }); > }); > )} > </script> > > From the top, > > $(document).ready(function() { > > This ensures that everything inside is as soon as the DOM is loaded, > while > not as important here, if you're using JQuery for layout manipulation > it's > critical, so make a habit of wrapping all JQuery code in it. > > $("#button name").live("click", function(){ > > This script is triggered off of a button, make sure the button tag has > an > id, this is what you'll trigger on. > > url:"url of processing page", > > this is url of whatever actions you're going to call, hijacks the > action > attribute of the form tag > > success: function(){$("#receiving div").load("page to load on > sucess")}, > > The page that you want to load after processing, and the div that it > should > be placed in > > error: function(){error functionality here;} > > error functionality, error pages etc. > > This is quick and dirty, there's an entire form plugin for JQuery that > may > be better suited to what you need. > > To debug any AJAX stuff, if you haven't already downloaded Firefox, do > it > and get the firebug plugin, along with the JQuery plugins that are > available. The NET tab in firebug will show you all of the behind the > scenes > stuff going on. > > Hope this helps > > sas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Allen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:48 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: AJAX Question > > > Can anyone please give me pointers or real life example of how to > insert > simple form field values into a database using AJAX. > > Many thanks. > > Matt > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330018 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
