Rails - Dec 2008 - Rails + jQuery and Links

Hi,

I currently have a "save for later" function that effectively allows a
logged in user to save an position for later viewing.  (Similar to the
watch/unwatch function on github).  In my scenario I have a Position
model.  Saved positions are resources that belong to the Position,
using the current_user before creation or deletion to create that user
association.

To do this I am doing a POST directly using the link:

<%= link_to(''Save for Later'',
		    position_saved_position_url(@position),
		    :method => :post, :class => "new_saved_position")-%>

However, in my application.js my code seems to still submit the link
and ignore the "return false;" at the end.

	$(''.new_saved_position'').click(function(){
	  $.ajax({
		type: "POST",
		url: $(this).href,
	    dataType: "script",
	    beforeSend: function(xhr) {xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept",
"text/
javascript");}
	  });
	  return false;
	});

My question:

By adding ":method => :post" am I altering/tainting the way this
should be done?  I realize that having a direct POST like this is not
Restful - are there better ways of doing this?  While not the topic of
this board - is my jQuery code wrong?

Thanks.
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