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Saving ASP.NET Form Data with jQuery AJAX and JSON Parser

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Using jQuery AJAX and the JSON.Net parser to process ASP.NET webform data and avoid page post back.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="DataForm.aspx.cs" Inherits="CodeProjects._Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Sample - Saving form data with JQuery AJAX and JSON Parser </title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function() {


            var item = $("[id$='txtItemName']");
            var category = $("[id$='ddlCategories']");
            var record = $("[id$='txtRecordID']");

            $("#btnSave").click(function() {


                if (item.val().length == 0) {
                    alert("Please enter item name first.");
                    return false;
                }

                if (category.val().length == 0) {
                    alert("Please select a category.");
                    return false;


                }

                var json = "{'ItemName':'" + escape(item.val()) + "','CategoryID':'" + category.val() + "','RecordID':'" + record.val() + "'}";
                var ajaxPage = "DataProcessor.aspx?Save=1"; //this page is where data is to be retrieved and processed
                var options = {
                    type: "POST",
                    url: ajaxPage, 
                    data: json,
                    contentType: "application/json;charset=utf-8",
                    dataType: "json",
                    async: false,
                    success: function(response) {
                        //alert("success: " + response);
                    },
                    error: function(msg) { alert("failed: " + msg); }
                };

                //execute the ajax call and get a response
                var returnText = $.ajax(options).responseText;
                if (returnText == 1) {

                    record.html(returnText);
                    $("#divMsg").html("<font color=blue>Record saved successfully.</font>");
                }

                else {
                    record.html(returnText);
                    $("#divMsg").html("<font color=red>Record not saved successfully.</font>");


                }


            });



        });
    
    
    
    
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    
        <div id="divMsg">
            
        
        </div>
        <b>Item Name:</b><br />
        <asp:TextBox ID="txtItemName" runat="server" Width="200"></asp:TextBox><br />
        <b>Category:</b><br /><asp:DropDownList ID="ddlCategories" runat="server" Height="25px" Width="200px">
            <asp:ListItem Text="[Select a category]" Value=""></asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Text="Success Category" Value="1"></asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Text="Fail Category" Value="-1"></asp:ListItem>
        </asp:DropDownList><br />
        <b>Record ID:</b><br /><asp:Label ID="txtRecordID" runat="server" Text="0"></asp:Label>
        
        <hr />
        <button id="btnSave" type="button">Save Data</button>
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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