form values are not coming even though serialize() is used in the case of jquery modal window.

chaitu chaitu
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form values are not coming to server side in the case of jquery modal window.


i used $('#users').serialize() to serialize text box values which are under table id ='users'.

my doubt is this table is not under form thats why values are not coming.how to solve this problem??


<html>
<head>
<title>appcache_display_template</title>
<style type="text/css">
.dialog{
display:none;
}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.9/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
        body { font-size: 62.5%; }
        label, input { display:block; }
        input.text { margin-bottom:12px; width:95%; padding: .4em; }
        fieldset { padding:0; border:0; margin-top:25px; }
        h1 { font-size: 1.2em; margin: .6em 0; }
        div#users-contain { width: 350px; margin: 20px 0; }
        div#users-contain table { margin: 1em 0; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; }
        div#users-contain table td, div#users-contain table th { border: 1px solid #eee; padding: .6em 10px; text-align: left; }
        .ui-dialog .ui-state-error { padding: .3em; }
        .validateTips { border: 1px solid transparent; padding: 0.3em; }
    </style>
    <script>
    $(function() {
        // a workaround for a flaw in the demo system (http://dev.jqueryui.com/ticket/4375), ignore!
        $( "#dialog:ui-dialog" ).dialog( "destroy" );
        
        $( "#dialog-form" ).dialog({
            autoOpen: false,
            height: 550,
            width: 350,
            modal: true,
            buttons: {
                "Create an account": function() {
                    var bValid = true;
              
                  $( this ).dialog( "close" );
                },
                Cancel: function() {
                    $( this ).dialog( "close" );
                }
               
            }
          /*  close: function() {
                allFields.val( "" ).removeClass( "ui-state-error" );
            }*/
           
        });

function callAJAX()
		{
		   $.ajax({	
						url: "url",
						dataType: "json",
						data: $('#users').serialize(),
						contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
					    success: function(data){ 
							   alert(data.employees.length)
						         alert("success")  
								},   
							error: function(e, xhr){ 
								   alert("error");
							}
					});
		}


        $( "#create-user" )
            .button()
            .click(function() {
                $( "#dialog-form" ).dialog( "open" );
					$( "#fname" ).val($( "#fname1" ).val());
					$( "#lname" ).val($( "#lname1" ).val());
					$( "#email" ).val($( "#email1" ).val());
					$( "#zipcode" ).val($( "#zipcode1" ).val());
					callAJAX();
            });
    });
    </script>


<body>
<div class="demo">

<div id="dialog-form" title="Create new user">
    <p class="validateTips">All form fields are required.</p>

    <form id='frm'>
    <fieldset>
        <label for="name">First Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="name" id="fname"  class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
        <label for="email">Email</label>
        <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
        <label for="zipcode">Zip Code</label>
        <input type="text" name="zipcode" id="zipcode" value="" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
        <label for="lname">Last Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="lname" id="lname" value="" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
    </fieldset>
	    </form>
</div>


<div id="users-contain" class="ui-widget">
    <h1>Existing Users:</h1>
    <table id="users" class="ui-widget ui-widget-content">
        <thead>
            <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>First Name</td><td>   <input type="text" name="fname1" id="fname1"  /></td>
                <td>Last Name</td><td>   <input type="text" name="lname1" id="lname1"  /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <thead>
          <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>Zip Code</td><td>   <input type="text" name="zipcode1" id="zipcode1"  /></td>
                <td>Email</td><td>   <input type="text" name="email1" id="email1"   /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
		  <thead>
            <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>SSN</td><td>   <input type="text" name="ssn" id="ssn"  /></td>
                <td>DOB</td><td>   <input type="text" name="dob" id="dob"  /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <thead>
          <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>Address</td><td><input type="text" name="addr" id="addr"  /></td>
                <td>City</td><td>   <input type="text" name="city" id="city"  /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
    </table>
</div>
<button id="create-user">Create new user</button>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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Zyloch
Top Expert 2004

Commented:
Yes, I am guessing that this is not working because serialize() only works on forms. What is wrong then with putting all those fields in the table under its own form?
chaitu chaitu

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Commented:
now i have created 2 forms .one for modal window and other for main window .its working fine.is any other better option?

<html>
<head>
<title>appcache_display_template</title>
<style type="text/css">
.dialog{
display:none;
}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.9/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
        body { font-size: 62.5%; }
        label, input { display:block; }
        input.text { margin-bottom:12px; width:95%; padding: .4em; }
        fieldset { padding:0; border:0; margin-top:25px; }
        h1 { font-size: 1.2em; margin: .6em 0; }
        div#users-contain { width: 350px; margin: 20px 0; }
        div#users-contain table { margin: 1em 0; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; }
        div#users-contain table td, div#users-contain table th { border: 1px solid #eee; padding: .6em 10px; text-align: left; }
        .ui-dialog .ui-state-error { padding: .3em; }
        .validateTips { border: 1px solid transparent; padding: 0.3em; }
    </style>
    <script>
    $(function() {
        // a workaround for a flaw in the demo system (http://dev.jqueryui.com/ticket/4375), ignore!
        $( "#dialog:ui-dialog" ).dialog( "destroy" );
        
        $( "#dialog-form" ).dialog({
            autoOpen: false,
            height: 550,
            width: 350,
            modal: true,
            buttons: {
                "Create an account": function() {
                    var bValid = true;

					  $.ajax({	
						url: "url",
						dataType: "json",
						data: $('#frm').serialize(),
						contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
					    success: function(data){ 
						         alert("success")  
								},   
							error: function(e, xhr){ 
								   alert("error");
							}
					});
              
                  $( this ).dialog( "close" );
                },
                Cancel: function() {
                    $( this ).dialog( "close" );
                }
               
            }
          /*  close: function() {
                allFields.val( "" ).removeClass( "ui-state-error" );
            }*/
           
        });

function callAJAX()
		{
		   $.ajax({	
						url: "url",
						dataType: "json",
						data: $('#frm2').serialize(),
						contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
					    success: function(data){ 
							   alert(data.employees.length)
						         alert("success")  
								},   
							error: function(e, xhr){ 
								   alert("error");
							}
					});
		}


        $( "#create-user" )
            .button()
            .click(function() {
                $( "#dialog-form" ).dialog( "open" );
					$( "#fname" ).val($( "#fname1" ).val());
					$( "#lname" ).val($( "#lname1" ).val());
					$( "#email" ).val($( "#email1" ).val());
					$( "#zipcode" ).val($( "#zipcode1" ).val());
					callAJAX();
            });
    });
    </script>


<body>
<div class="demo">

<div id="dialog-form" title="Create new user">
    <p class="validateTips">All form fields are required.</p>

    <form id='frm'>
    <fieldset>
        <label for="name">First Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="name" id="fname"  class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
        <label for="email">Email</label>
        <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
        <label for="zipcode">Zip Code</label>
        <input type="text" name="zipcode" id="zipcode" value="" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
        <label for="lname">Last Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="lname" id="lname" value="" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
    </fieldset>
	    </form>
</div>


<div id="users-contain" class="ui-widget">
    <h1>Existing Users:</h1>
    <form id='frm2'>
    <table id="users" class="ui-widget ui-widget-content">
        <thead>
            <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>First Name</td><td>   <input type="text" name="fname1" id="fname1"  /></td>
                <td>Last Name</td><td>   <input type="text" name="lname1" id="lname1"  /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <thead>
          <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>Zip Code</td><td>   <input type="text" name="zipcode1" id="zipcode1"  /></td>
                <td>Email</td><td>   <input type="text" name="email1" id="email1"   /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
		  <thead>
            <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>SSN</td><td>   <input type="text" name="ssn" id="ssn"  /></td>
                <td>DOB</td><td>   <input type="text" name="dob" id="dob"  /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <thead>
          <tr class="ui-widget-header ">
                <td>Address</td><td><input type="text" name="addr" id="addr"  /></td>
                <td>City</td><td>   <input type="text" name="city" id="city"  /></td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
    </table>
		    </form>

</div>
<button id="create-user">Create new user</button>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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Top Expert 2004
Commented:
Better is subjective and dependent on what you want to accomplish. Indeed you are trying to submit the information you serialize to a database backend, so it may be better semantic programming that you wrap those fields within a form tag. Without further information on what you want to accomplish, and why you think this solution is ugly, there's nothing I can say.

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