gistfile1.js

        function ajaxCall(form) {

            var pre = "#" + form + "_";

            var formData = {
                "form_type" : form,
                "entry_date" : $(pre + 'entrydate').val(),
                "start_time" : $(pre + 'starttime').val(),
                "end_time" : $(pre + 'endtime').val(),
                "daytype" : $(pre + 'daytype').val(),
            };
            
            $.ajax({
                url: "/ajax/",
                data: formData,
                success: function(data) {
                         alert(data);
                         }
                }
            );

            return false;
         }


vs...

// got the 'old' method off the web for example

function loadXMLDoc()
{
var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else
  {// code for IE6, IE5
  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
  {
  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
    {
    document.getElementById("myDiv").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
    }
  }
xmlhttp.open("GET","ajax_info.txt",true);
xmlhttp.send();
}