ajax

ajax based suggestion

var ajaxSuggest = false
function submitSuggestion() {
	url = '/suggest/'
    ajaxSuggest = false;
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // if we're on Gecko (Firefox etc.), KHTML/WebKit (Safari/Konqueror) and IE7
        ajaxSuggest = new XMLHttpRequest(); // create our new Ajax object
        if (ajaxSuggest.overrideMimeType) { // older Mozilla-based browsers need some extra help
            ajaxSuggest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
        }
    }
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // and now for IE6
            try {// IE6 has two methods of calling the object, typical!
	            ajaxSuggest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	            // create the ActiveX control
        	} catch (e) { // catch the error if creation fails
            
			try { // try something else
	            ajaxSuggest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	            // create the ActiveX control (using older XML library)
            } catch (e) {} // catch the error if creation fails
     }
 
     if (!ajaxSuggest) { // if the object doesn't work
      // for some reason it hasn't worked, so show an error
      alert('Sorry, your browser seems to not support this functionality.');
      return false; // exit out of this function
     }
     ajaxSuggest.onreadystatechange = suggestionResponse; // when the ready state changes, run this function

    // DO NOT ADD THE () AT THE END, NO PARAMETERS ALLOWED!
    ajaxSuggest.open('POST', url, true); // open the query to the server
    ajaxSuggest.send(null); // close the query

    // and now we wait until the readystate changes, at which point
    // suggestionResponse(); is executed
    return true;
    }		
}

function suggestionResponse() {
	// N.B. - in making your own functions like this, please note
    // that you cannot have ANY PARAMETERS for this type of function!!
    if (ajaxSuggest.readyState == 4) { // if ready state is 4 (the page is finished loading)
        if (ajaxSuggest.status == 200) { // if the status code is 200 (everything's OK)
            // here is where we will do the processing
            if (ajaxSuggest.responseText == null) { // if the result is 1
                alert('Error in saving suggestion!');
            }
            else { // otherwise
				// data = ajaxSuggest.responseText.split(':')
                // alert(String(data[0]));
				// alert(ajaxSuggest.responseText);
				alert('hey!')
				window.location='/page/'+ str(ajaxSuggest.responseText);
            }
        } // end if
        else { // if the status code is anything else (bad news)
            alert('There was an error. HTTP error code ' + ajaxSuggest.status.toString() + '.');
            return; // exit
        }
    } // end if
    // if the ready state isn't 4, we don't do anything, just
    // wait until it is...
}