Question

A newbie question from me, please.

I have a large data set that I prefer to be submitted as an object instead of an array; e.g.

foo = bar = baz = {}; $.ajax({     url: 'index',     type: 'post',     data: { foo: foo, bar: bar, baz: baz },     dataType: 'json' }); 

Upon submit, Firebug tells me that I have submitted:

bar [object Object] baz [object Object] foo [object Object] 

What I want is to be able to access the contents of foo, bar, baz (contrived example, of course).

Is this possible in Javascript? Or do I need to use arrays, which I do not prefer?

Answer 1

No. Everything that is submitted via HTTP is basically a string or an array of strings. You can use JSON to convert each object into a string representation, which may be what you want.