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JQuery AJAX POST Sending Only Partial Data? Try URL Encoding. 7

JQuery AJAX POST Sending Only Partial Data? Try URL Encoding.


JQuery is a great JavaScript framework that makes web developer life much easier. But like all framework, you need to learn its gotchas in order to work effectively with it. Here is one of those gotchas –

Jquery POST method lets you create Ajax HTTP POST request to the server. It is actually a shorthand to the JQuery Ajax method:


$.ajax({
  type: "POST",url: "save.php",
  data: "param1="+paramValue1
  +"&param2=paramValue2",
  complete: function(){ }, //manage the complete if needed
  success: function(){}}//get some data back to the screen if needed
});  
Drupal crashes when adding module in Modules admin screen 1

Drupal crashes when adding module in Modules admin screen

Drupal is a popular CMS that enables 3rd party development of extensions such as themes and modules. In order to get a good value site out of Drupal you need to install several modules and theme that provides functionality such as cool look and feel, SEO improvements, support for content types such as images and a lot more.

The problem:

When adding several modules to Drupal you try to enter the “modules” page in the administer menu and Drupal crashes with this error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1476899 bytes) in . . .

How to SELECT a Random Record in SQL 0

How to SELECT a Random Record in SQL

Sometimes we need to retrieve a random entry from the Database. An examples for that could be trying to display “random posts” or “a random image”.

Some developers pull some or all of the records and then preform the randomization in the application tier (AKA in code).

In most cases letting the Database return random eateries could prove to be a better option performance-wise.

Here is how it is done:

How to check where your site visitors come from using javascript 0

How to check where your site visitors come from using javascript

Where do my visitors come from? That is always a question bloggers, site owners and advertisers want to know. Knowing who has referred the visitor to my site tells you a lot about that visitor. This information might help you drive better, more finely tuned content to this user.

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