Bil and Chris,
Thanks to both of you.
Chris's code is exactly what I wanted, and Bil, the XHR memory leaks
still happen. Some old stuff thrown up by Google indicates that only 2
simultaneous XHR sessions can be initiated, and the next one waits
till either of the two closes.
Regards
On Jun 29, 8:18 am, "chris thatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Sid,
>
> The really important thing is that you'll need to 'hijax' the form and make
> sure you provent the default behavior of the browser. jQuery makes this
> terribly easy.
>
> jQuery("#myform").bind('submit', function(event){
> //stops browser from submitting the form
> //and redirecting.
> event.preventDefault();
> //use jquery form plugin to submit via ajax here or do it by hand
>
> });
>
> Thatcher
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Bil Corry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Sid wrote on 6/28/2008 8:31 PM:
>
> >> What I basically want to achieve is that on clicking the submit
> >> button, the data is posted to the php file without any noticeable
> >> difference happening to my page. The response etc will be taken care
> >> of by my code. Any ideas?
>
> > If you submit the request via XHR, then the page can remain the same (with
> > the div refreshed) while the data is sent to the server. Just note that if
> > your site is entirely driven from a single page using XHR, then I hear you
> > should be careful of memory leaks; not sure how relevant that advice is
> > anymore with the newer browsers.
>
> > - Bil
>
> --
> Christopher Thatcher
