> Sorry. > To clarify, I wanted ed to know if numerical statuses via the w3 protocol > or text strings were being returned. I just did my first successful ajax > call using jquery and the status returned in the callback was "success", not > 200. > > I hope the question is clearer now. > thanks > tim
The HTTP status code is not returned to the success handler, only textual status is. If you need the numberical value you can use the 'complete' handler instead (with $.ajax). The 'complete' handler is passed the xhr object so you can interrogate it as needed.
