I am using the following code to edit records in a database. It works great for doing an edit. I need to expand the functionality to include the ability to add or delete functions also.
On my form I use three separate buttons to select whether to Add, Edit, or Delete.
How can I expand the script to determine which of the buttons was clicked?
// Action to run on submit to add/edit/delete record from database
var request; // variable to hold request
// bind to the submit event of our form
$("#form_edit").submit(function(event){
// abort any pending request
if (request) {
request.abort();
}
// setup local variables
var $form = $(this);
// select and cache all the fields
var $inputs = $form.find("input, select, textarea");
// serialize the data in the form
var serializedData = $form.serialize();
// disable the inputs for the duration of the ajax request
$inputs.prop("disabled", true);
// define constants to be passed as parameters
var updateType = "edt"; // This needs to be changed to 'add' or 'del'
var tableName = "phasecodes";
var indexName = "phase_ID";
var recNumber = phase_ID.value;
// Build string for query input
var type = "?type=" + updateType;
var table = "&table=" + tableName;
var index = "&index=" + indexName;
var rec = "&rec=" + recNumber;
var getS = type + table + index + rec;
// execute request to update database
request = $.ajax({
url: "files_json/update_Record.php" + getS,
type: "post",
data: serializedData
});
// callback handler called on success
request.done(function (response, textStatus, jqXHR) {
console.log("Data record updated!"); // log success message to the console
});
// callback handler called on failure
request.fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
console.error( "The following error occured: " + textStatus, errorThrown ); // log the error to the console
});
// callback handler called regardless if the request failed or succeeded
request.always(function () {
$inputs.prop("disabled", false); // reenable the inputs
});
// prevent default posting of form
event.preventDefault();
}); // End of submit function
