I think you should wait for a result code from the post request before
you return true; otherwise the post is handled asynchronously and
perhaps not done according to your plans :)
Good luck;
On Jul 14, 4:49 pm, Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> i wanna try to save the data from a form to a database before
> submitting it to it's rightful "action" url. this is an opt-in form i
> wanna work on.
>
> i did this: $("form:last").bind("submit", submit_optin);
> /* i altered the submit event of the opt-in form so it uses the
> submit_optin function i created */
>
> here's the submit_optin function:
> var submit_optin = function(){
> var pbform = {name:"opt-in name", email: "opt-in email"}; // this
> is jus a sample data to be saved.
> $.post("http://www.myurl.com/save_data";, pbform);
> return true; // return true so it submits the form to it's rightful
> "action" url (which is a url from a different domain/server)
>
> };
>
> now for the MAIN PROBLEM... if i set submit_optin to return false it
> saves the data but if i set it to return true it just submits the form
> without saving the data... now is there a way to stop and wait before
> it saves the data before it submits the form? or is there any way i
> can achieve my goal?
>
> please help, thanks :-)
