Rails spinoffs - May 2006 - Sending a <form> as a SOAP request

Hi,

I''m currently using the prototype.js script with the below code.

  function ajaxSubmitForm(form, url, id) {
    var params = Form.serialize($(form));
    new Ajax.Updater(id, url, {asynchronous:true, parameters:params});
  }

my wish is that I want to use it as.

  function ajaxSubmitFormAsSoap(form, url, id) {
    ...
  }

the idea is the same, the script must build a SOAP request based on
the fields found in the "form" and send it as SOAP to "url"
and then
update "id" with the response.

Kind Regards, Herbert

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Sure this is possible, but why?

Ajax can only access the "current" server (the server the page was  
loaded from)
so in most cases you probably have full control over the server and  
can just
generate HTML on it, no complicated layering/SOAP/WS-* required.

My advice for this is (if you aren''t forced by circumstances to have  
to use
SOAP):

- Use the Server for what it is good at: Generating HTML
- Use the Browser for what it is good at: Displaying HTML

Also note that XML stuff in JavaScript is painfully slow sometimes.

If you really _have_ to use SOAP, you might be better off writing a
SOAP -> HTML and vice versa converter on the server.

-Thomas

Am 05.05.2006 um 05:03 schrieb herbert-85NKovevlVINGJ1uqKmoEQ@public.gmane.org:
> Hi,
>
> I''m currently using the prototype.js script with the below code.
>
>  function ajaxSubmitForm(form, url, id) {
>    var params = Form.serialize($(form));
>    new Ajax.Updater(id, url, {asynchronous:true, parameters:params});
>  }
>
> my wish is that I want to use it as.
>
>  function ajaxSubmitFormAsSoap(form, url, id) {
>    ...
>  }
>
> the idea is the same, the script must build a SOAP request based on
> the fields found in the "form" and send it as SOAP to
"url" and then
> update "id" with the response.
>
> Kind Regards, Herbert
>
> --
> Doe mee met de W2K6.nl pool.
> Gratis deelname, 4 MP3 spelers van 4 GB te winnen.
> http://w2k6.nl/?page=pool
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