serialize.js

gistfile1.txt

    serialize: function(o) {
      o = o || {};
      var ret = [];

      $(this.element).children('li').each(function() { _recursiveItems($(this)); });

      return ret.join("&");

      function _recursiveItems(li) {
        var id = li.attr("id");
        var parentId = 'root';
        var parent = li.parent(o.listType).parent('li');

        if (parent.length > 0) {
          parentId = parent.attr('id');
        }
        children_list_items = li.children(o.listType).children('li')
        var position = li.index();
        if (children_list_items.length > 0) {
          children_list_items.each(function() {
            _recursiveItems($(this));
          });
        }

        var resource = li.attr("id").match(o.expression || (/(.+)[-=_](.+)/));
        var resourceName = o.key || resource[1];
        var serializedId = '[' + id +']';
        var container = resourceName + serializedId;
        ret.push(container + '[parent_id]='+ parentId);
        ret.push(container + '[position]='+ position);
        //return item;
      }
    },

Hi,
just stumbled over this source. It is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for that!
I have only one question which you might can answer:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11714299/jquery-nested-sortable-how-to-get-position-and-parent-where-node-was-dropped

Would be great if you could have a look :)
All the best,
Tom

Done :)

Great!!! :) Thanks for that. I spend half the night yesterday to try to understand how it works... and then.. the solution is a simple update callback.. haha. But I really appreciate your help and your source for getting the position. If I can buy you a beer or whatever, let me know. Thomas

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Ramon Tayag < ***@***.*** > wrote: Done :) --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/1013977

Haha :) When you come to the Philippines, sure!

Beware, I might really come one day. ;-) I like to travel to Asia. Have been already in Thailand and Bali. Its really nice there :) Anyway, when I really make it one day to Manila, I will drop you a line and who knows.. maybe you really want your beer. All the best and take care, Thomas from Vienna!

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Ramon Tayag < ***@***.*** > wrote: Haha :) When you come to the Philippines, sure! --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/1013977

Haha. That's great! Good to hear :) Take care! Ramon Tayag On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:40 PM, mr-stateradio < reply@reply.github.com

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wrote: Beware, I might really come one day. ;-) I like to travel to Asia. Have been already in Thailand and Bali. Its really nice there :) Anyway, when I really make it one day to Manila, I will drop you a line and who knows.. maybe you really want your beer. All the best and take care, Thomas from Vienna! On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Ramon Tayag < ***@***.*** > wrote: > > Haha :) When you come to the Philippines, sure! > --- > > Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: > https://gist.github.com/1013977 --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/1013977

Hello ramontayag,

sorry for being so late to this gist, but it so happens that I just stumbled upon your improvements and they really helped me.
Could you give me a hint on how to get the level of

into the serialized array?
My database asks for
~ item_id
~ parent_id
~ position
and
~ level (depth)
I don't know how to get this last one working.
There is a "_getLevel" function in the code, but I can't get it to work.

If you could help me with this, I would really appreciate.

Kind Regards,
Stefan