I want to understand the difference between using AJAX like this,
function showHint(str)
{
var xmlhttp;
if (str.length==0)
{
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML="";
return;
}
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("txtHint").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","db_update?q="+str,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
and using it like this..
$.ajax({
url: "db_update.php",
type: "POST",
data: { id: id, state: state },
cache: false,
success: function (response) {
$('#text').html(response);
}
});
how different is one from the other? which is efficient?