Question

I am using JQuery to post with AJAX to another ASP page. Do I need this ASP page to return a full html page. Or can I just have it send back a value ( I just need a status ) . Here is my function.

    $.ajax({       url: 'X.asp',       cache: false,       type:  'POST',       data:  queryString,       success: function(html){         $('#x_'+Num).append(html);       }     }); 

Answer 1

If it’s just a simple value you need, I’d simple use Json (JQuery has a dedicated method for that : $.getJSON()).

So no, you don’t need your ASP page to return a full html page, just the value in simple JSON notation.