i did try ealer to send a reply but that did not seem to apper so heres a shorter version
http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax has everything you need, to make a loading image come up on start you can just ether in your click function inlude $(".loading").show(); or use the event http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/ajaxStart#callback then use the stop http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/ajaxStop#callback then its just a $.post(url,data,callback) i normally do my data in a {} so {peram1 : 'test'} etc ending up with somthing like $.post ('example.php',{peram1 : 'test'},function(data){ alert('hello')}); On Sep 28, 10:58 am, mattastic <mharris...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Could soneone please show me an example of a simple ajax post to a > coldfusion page, with a loading graphic? > > I cant find an appropriate example in the documentation. > > Thankyou