Help with POST requests

steveoc

Hi,

I'm moving my DataTables fro GET to POST requests.

Using the following code:

"fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback ) {
aoData.push( { "name": "q", "value": "undefined"});
$.ajax( {
"dataType": 'json',
"type": "GET",
"url": sSource,
"data": aoData,
"success": fnCallback


I get valid JSON returned and the table fills as expected.

However when I change the type to POST, I still get the JSON returned but table fails to draw. No errors just the ProcessingIndicator

All help gratefully accepted.

Thanks

steveoc

Update:

The only difference between the JSON returned by GET and POST methods is the sEcho parameter.

In the GET request sEcho=1 whereas in the POST request sEcho=0
I have read something to do with sEcho=0 being for testing and therefore not displaying results.

More research required...

fbas

if your server side code is looking at $_GET[] and you change $.ajax() to POST, change your server side code to use $_POST[]

(a quick fix could be to merge the $_GET and $_POST arrays, add this to the top of your server_processing.php:
[code]
// http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-merge.php
$_GET = array_merge($_GET, $_POST);
[/code]
)

steveoc

Arghhhhhhh....

Ok I found the problem.
I'm using the Django SSP and realized that this is cast in GET.

Solved.

Hope this helps somebody.

steveoc

@fbas Thanks for the pointers